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Griffin took 20 of the 30 on display, while Bettina von Zwehl was asked to take photographs of athletes including Daley, Adlington, the heptathlete Jessica Ennis and the paralympian thrower Nathan Stephens.
Olympic exhibition opens at the National Portrait Gallery 2010
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The Associate Press: Dutch paralympian walks again
Must Reads: Paralympian walks again; Basso, Wiggins, Vaughters and Scarponi all have big plans 2010
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In an incredible story, a Dutch paralympian has regained full use of her legs after a training crash.
Must Reads: Paralympian walks again; Basso, Wiggins, Vaughters and Scarponi all have big plans 2010
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The paralympian who kicked ass finished in 29 minutes.
Times Colonist 10K 2009: The first pictures! (and short notes) Elizabeth McClung 2009
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The paralympian who kicked ass finished in 29 minutes.
Archive 2009-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009
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Final thought about being a paralympian in the Paralympics.
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Cooking up a comparison between disabled people and fetuses, he calls his post "Sauce for the Handicapped sic, Sauce for the Unborn," and before we know it we're not only comparing the killing of a grown man and former paralympian athlete to abortion, but the resulting comments devolve into a tired debate among nondisabled people about how a person is no longer a "person" but still "human" when their cerebral cortex shuts down.
Cooking up a fallacious (and offensive) comparison Kay Olson 2006
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Cooking up a comparison between disabled people and fetuses, he calls his post "Sauce for the Handicapped sic, Sauce for the Unborn," and before we know it we're not only comparing the killing of a grown man and former paralympian athlete to abortion, but the resulting comments devolve into a tired debate among nondisabled people about how a person is no longer a "person" but still "human" when their cerebral cortex shuts down.
Archive 2006-05-01 Kay Olson 2006
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This kind of puts me in mind of the time when Tanni Grey-Thompson - uber-paralympian athlete from the UK, had to accept an award from the floor because theere was no ramp onto the stage at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards 2000 or 2001 I can't remember.
Access to the stories of our lives Kay Olson 2005
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CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon, left, talks with paralympian Rick Hansen before the start of the CFL's 99th Grey Cup.
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