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hey, john, 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. ah, 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, it's bureaucratic hurdles and exclusion. sports is his way to really stress. i thought cabella here when it comes to my body and my disability sports is my elixir of life without it's, i wouldn't be able to lead an independent life because i wouldn't be able to move

properly. and i mean, and that's why sports is my medicine. my only form of medicine and i wanted to stay that way when is not needed. so i was also blind as a veto, 4th 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 of yours. and then my former physiotherapists said to me, why don't you study something where you can implement your training, like sports blood 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 or what do i suddenly felt like it was suspended, that i told me not among men of 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 the only one in another fight. ah, 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 to power through from the stuff 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 devil and has tons of crazy stuff. ah ah ah ah ah, ah, well, 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 of 9 me for a long time lieutenant. ah, ah. oh, not too bad one of course some things might be 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. ah. as of anything 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 after swimming. if johnny has a quick chat with one of his favorite professors to discuss his studies and future athletic goals. so i gotta provides a woo ya border. busy with their hands knocked him eventually kind of 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 numbers ending up in in hegan? i said is glad if he has also the there it fits on point one of the doesn't within as, as of god give is i was alpha challenge on the ultimate things i think with

johnny is not that optimistic about the situation disabled people face at jamming universities, when given something i'm going to find out sometimes i get the feeling that the sports universities, the most important thing is the performance of the athletes. and the way you are perceived there relates to the amount of metals you win. and that's why i have the feeling a wheelchair doesn't fit in to the image of a sports university doesn't i was going to was meant when, as what were food of us. when confronted with johnny's views, the head of the universities disability office has a different opinion is for dorothea. i definitely regret and strongly disagree with this statement, lena, orders me from my perspective, it was never important. if someone brings back a metal or not, you know that and guns want us. if we take a look at the 20 to 30 students at our university with challenging disabilities, and obviously i don't think any of them will say, i'm only welcome here because i might win a metal some day become guys and bulletin. but i think they'll say we're allowed to

study here, like everyone else, and we're judged by the same criteria with which we are being treated equally. huston as vivian gleiss. ah, the artist bonded with one of the most challenging exercises with 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 when it's deficient, it's open and it gets tightened bit by bit and holds my back straight so i can walk upright on the treadmill of north and zillow. ah, i johnny

doesn't see himself as a regular part of the student body. ah, with he believes that sometimes the other students have problems treating him normally. he feels left out from a guy that knew permanently who when they come to dallas, he feels mental to me this my molina thing and 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 yard mother was accepted until, especially if it's just you and your care is for so many years of functioning. this kept, my advantage is that i have my sports to start and that is my outlet for my frustration . my in montana until tuesday i johnnie, also struggles with every day situations. even in germany, being in

a wheelchair means encountering many obstacles. ah, that's good lucy. when i was gone flattened regularly, i might blend of money into escalated milan. this is later on when done with that, i know for going on to another one, a unpacking i good. yep. good enough. what may seem like a minor inconvenience can amounts were detto of several stocks and a huge delay. ah, well, my mean honest eltic 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 $40000.00 nero's. for poor. oh okay, well the 03 different state authorities of fighting of a who is financially responsible for johnny. they mostly dom slightly. why fight to live a self determined life yet in the end i am the one suffering along with my carrier . so 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 areas 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 need 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 a 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 and we know it's mca either. i don't train at all, and my physique deteriorates to such an extent that i drop into the category i'm supposed to belong in comes up, meaning everything will be paid for even the 20 me to cab,

right to university. and 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 and 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 sir thing ever becomes a paralympic sport, you'll do anything to take papa ah. as a weakness, there is no employ to both, and if it doesn't work, i need to find a way levels. it takes a long time before i accept something doesn't work, he's i forget. ah

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