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Originally Posted by garinda

I think the Paralympics will have shown even more people that having 'a' disability doesn't necessarily mean you can't be truly brilliant in other areas. Anyone who watched The Best of Men, about the founding of the games, and how many people were literally left to rot in some cases, will already know just how much attitudes have changed over recent years.

No way do I class myself as being 'disabled', though I suppose I am on paper because I have Parkinson's. My only real natural talent was for art, which I can no longer do. Though I was lucky enough to have earned a crust by it until I retired. I'm never going to run a marathon, but I have found other things to fill that gap, that I'm better at, than I ever thought I could be.

If they ever make 'one non-dominant handed cutting-to-the-quick typing' an event, I might even make it into the team, and be there at Rio 2016.

I'll join the one finger typing team Rindi