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'We found our first Paralympian at the supermarket'
Aruba had never had a Paralympic team until Shardea Arias de la Cruz, a student in her 20s, decided to make it happen.
From finding her first athlete …
5 years, 1 month ago
‘I had a complete breakdown at the track’
Libby Clegg MBE and Samantha Kinghorn, two of Britain’s top female Paralympians, describe their journeys to Tokyo 2020. Libby Clegg won gold at Rio…
5 years, 1 month ago
The family taking rivalry to a new level in Tokyo
Boccia is not just a sport, but a family affair for the McCowan family.
Brothers, Scott and Jamie, who both have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, play Boc…
5 years, 1 month ago
Tokyo twice: A gold medal in wheelchair what?
Caz Walton was just 17 when she competed at the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and won gold for Great Britain. From the wheelchair slalom to organi…
5 years, 1 month ago
The lowdown on being disabled in Japan
The world's eyes are on Tokyo with the Paralympic Games taking place - but what's it like to live in Japan if you're disabled? Mizuki Hsu grew up i…
5 years, 1 month ago
‘A love letter to people with disabilities’
With just days to go before the Tokyo Paralympics, an international campaign called WeThe15 has been launched to improve the lives of the 1.2bn disab…
5 years, 1 month ago
“I backed into the wall at 200mph”
Indy car driver Sam Schmidt was paralysed from the shoulders down when he reversed into a wall at 200 miles an hour.
This summer, and more than 20 yea…
5 years, 1 month ago
How do you make the Love Island villa accessible?
Love Island is in full swing and this year it featured its first ever physically disabled contestant. Hugo Hammond, who has just been dumped, is a 24…
5 years, 2 months ago
'I've lost all of the independence I worked so hard for'
The end of lockdown is nigh for many of us! Legal restrictions on mask wearing and social distancing in England are going, the other nations are taki…
5 years, 2 months ago
‘My harassment got worse when I picked up my white cane’
Warning: This podcast discusses sexual harassment and assault, so there is occasionally some graphic content. When Dr Amy Kavanagh started using a…
5 years, 3 months ago