Stop Telling Disabled Children To Be Paralympians
<p>Imagine this: a young boy is starting a new year of school. As parents sign their kids up for after-school sports, this boy is upset because he wants to play hockey, but there aren’t any hockey teams around. His gym teacher hears him complaining about this and tells him not to be upset, that there will be an opportunity for him to play hockey when he’s older. The gym teacher proceeds to tell him about the National Hockey League (NHL), and how when he’s older he too could play with these other lovers of hockey.</p>
<p>Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, I had nearly this exact conversation with a gym teacher. Instead of hockey, it was wheelchair basketball; instead of the NHL, it was the paralympics.</p>
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