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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.

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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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