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Now on bbc news: ahead of the paralympics injapan, the bbc�*s disability correspondent introduces us to five people who have experienced important moments in the history of disability. hello. i'm nikki fox. expert joining me at the queen elizabeth 0lympic joining me at the queen elizabeth olympic park here in london ahead of the summer 2020 paralympic games. in this special edition of witness history, we're 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. we will hear about the special o...

To stand with him and tell them how he felt. i never spoke to one person that understood derek's needs, actually knew he had learning difficulties or brain damage. there was never anything in place for someone like derek in hospital. just before derek died, the family said they were told a do not resuscitate order was being placed on his medical records and that it was unlikely he would be given a ventilator. he died before there was a need for critical care. becky saw him just before he passed. he was unconscious on the bed, naked, soiled himself, lying on the very part of his brain that was ...

While he was there, he caught covid and died. it went from him feeling unwell to being dead in such a short space of time. becky cared for derek, but covid restrictions around visitors meant she could not be there for him when he needed her. the family believe the treatment he received in hospital was different because derek had a learning disability. i told him i would be up soon. he believed me, with everything, and i let him down. why do you feel you let him down? because he didn't have a voice, he couldn't tell people what was wrong with him, and he could tell people through me, and i kept...

But covid restrictions around visitors meant she could not be there for him when he needed her. the family believe the treatment he received in hospital was different because derek had a learning disability. i told him i would be up soon. he believed me, with everything, and i let him down. why do you feel you let him down? because he didn't have a voice, he couldn't tell people what was wrong with him, and he could tell people through me, and i kept him safe. i didn't even have the chance to stand with him and tell them how he felt. i never spoke to one person that understood derek's needs, -...

Which the family was told was treatable. while he was there, he caught covid and died. it went from him feeling unwell to being dead in such a short space of time. becky cared for derek but covid restrictions around visitors meant she could not be there for him when he needed her. the family believe the treatment he received in hospital was different because derek had a learning disability. i told him i would be up soon. he believed me, with everything, and i let him down. why do you feel you let him down? because he didn't have a voice, he couldn't tell people what was wrong with him, and he ...