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ah. ah. ah! this is johnny. when he was told, he would never be able to walk since birth. he's lived with extreme muscular spasms . he wants to be accepted as an athlete, and a sports student we go back to the one that he is supported by a handful of carers, 16 hours a day. i know johnny is in a constant fight against bureaucratic hurdles and exclusion. sports is his way to really stress as currently when it comes to my body and my disability sports is my elixir of life. without it, i wouldn't be able to lead an independent life name because i wouldn't be able to

move properly. and i'm, and that's why sports is my medicine, my only form of medicine and i wanted to stay that way when it's not needed. so i did also blame as of it was hard for them to come in. how i came to study sports is actually a funny story. i wanted to study medicine to go into my own field of treatment, but couldn't do that because of the practical year. and then my former physiotherapists said to me, why don't you study something where you can implement your training? well, the sport of what to my, my 1st reaction was, he's off his rocker. so i asked, are you going to run the 3000 meters for me in the aptitude test, all was all us and they felt like it was suspended. i told him in, on, among men a dicey festival. when i have the severest form of this disability with a strong focus on my legs because of this, i normally shouldn't be able to sit or even walk or eat by myself, like to that one in another. today,

johnny's usual swimming pool is occupied. that's why it had to settle for the cold basic the cold water can be problematic and makes his muscles cramped even more to keep warm, he has the power through from the start. he can only rely on his arms while swimming because his legs are partially paralyzed. johnny has a rigorous training regime. on average, he spends 4 hours per day working out. ah,

johnny doesn't just swim. he's a bit of a dare devil and has tons of crazy stuff. ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, as wealthy i actually got the idea of jumping off the 7 and a half me to towel by chance as to why. ah, i was angry that people don't treat me like a normal person, even people that have 9 me for a long time, lieutenant. ah, ah. oh, not to the cabin. of course some things make me nervous, but am i really scared? something could happen,

but i could also just fall over on the street and hit my head. i'm sorry with as of any thought. if i think about my fears. no, i'm not scared. i just try things out and see whether they work out or not with off to swimming. if johnny has a quick chat with one of his favorite professors to discuss his studies and future, let it go. and so i gotta write a, would yon border busy with their hands knocked them eventually couldn't do better than over england medicine then hutch bottom of them is when we would all we'd have been swim wondering is that an example like no missing our in in hegan i said is glad if he has all the there it fits on point one of the doesn't within as,

as of god given that was alpha challenge on top of the things i think with johnny is not that optimistic about the situation disable people face at jamming universities, one given some language that of why they have to sometimes i get the feeling that the sports universities, the most important thing is the performance of the athletes and, and the way you are perceived there relates to the amounts of metals you win. and that's why i have the feeling a wheelchair. it doesn't fit in to the image of a sports university, doesn't always do an exam, was movement of what was one of us. when confronted with johnny's views, the head of the university's disability office has a different opinion which the dorothea, i definitely regret and strongly disagree with this statement of nina, orders me from my perspective, it was never important. if someone brings back a metal or not, you know, met and guns windows. if we take a look at the 20 to 30 students at our university with challenging disabilities on gal recess, i don't think any of them will say, i'm only welcome here because i might win

a metal some dang kong eyes and bulletin mit. i think they'll say we're allowed to study here like everyone else, and were judged by the same criteria. we're being treated equally. austin, i was given gleiss. ah, the artist bonded with one of the most challenging exercises for johnny is walking a few times a week. he trains to one hour without crutches, to counter the muscular imbalances in his limbs. he has developed his own methods. this with its deficiency filtering, if it gets tightened, bit by bit and pulls my back straight. so i can walk upright on the treadmill of nathan to look. ah, i johnny

doesn't see himself as a regular parts of the student body. he believes that sometimes the other students have problems treating him normally. he feels left out. ah, the guy whitney permanently who when they come to realize he feels mental it's me this molina thing unless i'm quite independent yet still i am often left behind. and along with all the training i need to do, it's a key reason that makes me really sad and it's mentally quite tough to process your mother was except and until for, especially if it's just you and your care is for so many years stuff of functioning kept my advantage is that i have my sports and that is my outlet from my frustration, my and maintaining, until i johnny also

struggles with every day situations. even in germany, being in a wheel chair means encountering many obstacles. ah, that's couldn't lucy when i was on site and was given me i my own brand of manhattan c. as going in milan, this is later on when done with that i know for going on to another foreigner, unbutton like a yep. good enough. what may seem like a minor inconvenience can amounts were detail of several stocks and a huge delay. ah no, i mean it all to done name is already to have a to live more or less independent life. johnny requires physical assistance,

but around the clock care is expensive. normally the states will thirty's pay for the last 5 months. johnny hasn't received any money and had to finance everything out of his own pocket. almost 40000 euros. for poor. live with his phone, with 3 different state authorities of fighting of a who is financially responsible for johnny. they mostly domes, dryden, why fight to live a self determined life? yet in the end, i am the one suffering along with my kara's. hopefully i have to pay in advance and no one cares how i do it always does maha. when asked to comment on the delay the council now responsible for johnny sites procedural errors and question, his monthly budget. ah, despite all the odds, johnny continues to fight against his own body and all the obstacles in his way

to counter the inward rotation of his left knee. johnny needs someone to help in coordinate his movements. his partially paralyzed legs need weights to feel the impact of his feet on the treadmill because of the muscle tension in his body. everything he does burns at least twice as many calories as a person without his disability shock. johnny is unique. most people with his condition wouldn't even dream of doing the things he does without his training. he would not be able to walk, swim, or do any other things. so sports remains his only therapy, nvidia is michael, i either. i don't train at all, and my physic deteriorates to such an extent that i drop into the category i'm supposed to belong in combat. meaning everything will be paid for even the 20 me to

cab or i to university, or i do everything in my power to improve my physique. and in theory, save the government some money. instead, they reduce my installments, even though i only want to live a self determined life with. if johnny loses his fitness, he loses his freedom. he has more plans and goals he wants to fulfill. he wants to start his own business, designing sportswear, and become a motivational coach. he wants to climb sugarloaf mountain in brazil, and if surfing ever becomes a paralympic sport, you'll do anything to take pops. ah, as of lately, there is no impulse to both, but if it doesn't what i need to find a white level, it takes a long time before i accept something doesn't work if you'd like. ah,

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