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What it’s like being hard of hearing.

Photograph By Murray Mitchell Todd Harding has seen a lot change in his 20 years working on disability issues in Kamloops. Harding, who works for the provincial government, was able to vote independently in the civic election for the first time in 30 years last November, thanks to an initiative he worked on for a full year to make braille ballot templates available. He lost his eyesight in a car accident when he was 24. "We were the first city in t...

Years and when she woke up she was paralyzed from the waist down and got into the pool two years later and became one of the best physically challenged swimmers in the world and won gold last summer. the went do johns hopkins recently to make sure she wasnt getting worse. shes not getting better but doctors say some day she might. turns out getting better is against the rules. the international paralympic committee saying its report, assessment and diagnosis failed to provide sufficient evidence...

Basically, what happened is i was penalized for having hope. >> reporter: victoria isnt bit or angry, but its really hard to understand how thats possible. bill: can she appeal? is it too late for that? >> reporter: the international paraolympic games started this past monday in montreal, and she didnt learn she couldnt compete until just before. the ipc says, quote, its assessment and diagnosis failed to provide significant evidence of an eligible impairment leading to permanent activity limita...