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Meyrick Jones: I know that in the Paralympic community there is concern amongst some groups that when (and if) some athletes compete "up" in...

Bob: What a great discussion! Lots of good points and Andrea does a good job of getting the history right in the last post. In f...

Andrea: Yeah - there are many different opinions expressed here on this blog but I think we can all agree that bazookas are pushing i...

Josh Vander Vies: Hahaha! In all seriousness though I think they should ban bazookas in biathlon. It doesn't seem like they are in the best...

Andrea: Some excellent points there Josh. And yes - I am hoping someone with more experience with Special Olympics will chime in. I h...

Josh Vander Vies: I believe in the power of sport, and I think that the Olympic, Paralympic and Special Olympic movements bring very positive a...

Karen Williams: Well stated....

: I agree....

: Nicely said!...

Courtney: Excellent way of putting it Meyrick! But as Mary said, I too try to correct anyone who tries to "upgrade" me to Olympian just...

Courtney: Tony, the only thing is that there are already events in the Olympics athletes from the Paralympics can compete in and Brian ...

Tony Chin: Brian McKeever makes Olympic standard and competes as a Olympian. If a person with an intellectual disability can make stand...

Mary Benson: Actually one sport movement is for "People" with intellectual/developmental disabilities and one is for "People" with physic...

Andrea: Wow - this topic is generating a lot of great discussion and it's been up for less than a day. Since I'm anticipating a whole...

Mary Benson: This is indeed an interesting topic. I understand the frustration being brought up around Paralympic/ Special Olympic and Ol...

Meyrick Jones: I'll stop well short of engaging on this topic again... I'll just state that even though all can be considered "human natu...

Larry Cooper: "On the topic of ego in sports, and some athletes being driven by it… This is human nature. To fight it, or rail against it...

: Thanks Meyrick. I wondered if there would be a lot of negative comments when I wrote this so thank you for your encouragemen...

Meyrick Jones: I considered writing about this but didn't have the courage to row into these waters... WAY TO GO JOAN! I think the Spec...

Andrea: yes - that's the document I found as well. but it says that FISA recognizes ID as a classification - it doesn't say that ID a...

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