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...Special. Ahead of the Paralympics in Japan, the BBCs disability correspondent introduces us to five people who have experienced important moments in the...

Funeral services for Shannon Leann Maine, 38, of Lexington will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2022 at the Wilson-Little Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at the Lexington Cemetery under …

Van Phillips, the principal at Center Point High School will retire this semester after devoting nearly 40 years to education.

Has increased function, decreased weight and increased strength. the foot has to be able to endure all kinds of different climates. were calling it the world foot. world foot for all countries, for all peoples everywhere. and when i think of all the amputees in the world that i can actually share that, there was never a greaterjoy than that for me. van phillips on the invention which revolutionised parasports. our next witness was a bit of a pioneer herself. in 1960, margaret maughan surprised e...

Coming up: a medallist who competed at the first paralympic games. well hear about the special olympics for those with learning disabilities. away from sport, well find out why students at americas deaf only university shut down their campus. plus, well hear about the specially designed car for disabled people that was both terrifying and exhilarating. but first, when sports enthusiast van phillips lost his leg during an accident, he became immediately frustrated by the clumsy prosthetics on off...

But first, when sports enthusiast van phillips lost his leg during an accident, he became immediately frustrated by the clumsy prosthetics on offer. determined to run again, he went on to invent the first carbon graphite prosthetic running leg in 1984. it has since simply become known as �*the blade�*. when you lose a body part, its different from any other experience because its gone. itsjust gone. that was the hardest part, knowing that it was irreversible. i had my accident in the spring ...

You know, theyre labourers, theyre planting fields, they dont have the luxury of sitting down. for asia, a lot of people work in rice paddies. you cant wear a standard foot in water, they rot. in afghanistan, iraq, theyre on rocky hillsides, going up and down mountains. we built a design that has increased function, decreased weight and increased strength. the foot has to be able to endure all kinds of different climates. were calling it the world foot. world foot for all countries, for all peop...

Joy than that for me. van phillips on the invention which revolutionised parasports. our next witness was a bit of a pioneer herself. in 1960, margaret maughan surprised even herself when she became a gold—medallist at the first paralympic games in rome. but it all started at a british hospital. in 1959, i was working in malawi, involved in a car accident, when i became paralysed and was brought to stoke mandeville hospital in england and from then my life changed dramatically.

Im nikki fox. thanks forjoining me at the queen elizabeth olympic park here in london ahead of the summer 2020 paralympic games. in this special edition of witness history, were looking back at some important moments in the recent history of disability and sport. coming up: a medallist who competed at the first paralympic games. well hear about the special olympics for those with learning disabilities. away from sport, well find out why students at americas deaf only university shut down their c...

Coming up: a medallist who competed at the first paralympic games. well hear about the special olympics for those with learning disabilities. away from sport, well find out why students at americas deaf only university shut down their campus. plus, well hear about the specially designed car for disabled people that was both terrifying and exhilarating. but first, when sports enthusiast van phillips lost his leg during an accident, he became immediately frustrated by the clumsy prosthetics on off...