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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. ah, we go back to the one that he is supported by a handful of carers, 16 hours a day. i really know johnny is in a constant fight, it's bureaucratic hurdles and exclusion. sports is his way to really stress as 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
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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? what do 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 they felt like it was suspended? i told them in, on, among men of dicey festival, when, if 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 today, johnny's usual swimming pool is occupied. that's why it had to settle
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for the cold basis. the cold water can be problematic and makes his muscles cramped even more. to keep warm, he has to 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 devil and has tons of crazy stuff. ah,
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ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, as well, i actually got the idea of jumping off the 7 and a half me to tell by chance as to why i. 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 man. 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. i
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ah, i love it. he 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. 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 yon border. this is mr. hans nasty im events kind of better than ever england medicine them hutch bottom of them is when we would only have been to i'm wondering is that an example like no missing? now, in, in how can i say is clad if he has whole shoe that the there it fits on point one of the doesn't is in as, as off god given that myself as challenge on top of the things i think we did
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johnny is not that optimistic about the situation disabled people face at jemma university's one given something like google to find out that 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 amount of metals you win, and that's why i have the feeling a wheelchair doesn't fit into the image of a sports university doesn't i was going towards mid when asked, what was one of us when confronted with johnny's views, the head of the universities disability office has a different opinion for dorothea, i definitely regret and strongly disagree with this statement. with no orders, me. from my perspective, it was never important if someone brings back a metal or not unit in guns winters. 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 day kong eyes and bulletin. but i think they'll say we're allowed to study here like everyone else. and we are judged by the same criteria with which we
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are being treated equally. austin of english. 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 bit, it's deficient. it's open until it gets tightened, bit bits and holds my back straight miss. so i can walk upright on the treadmill the open open to look. ah, i johnny doesn't see himself as a regular part of the student body. ah with
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. he believes that sometimes the other students have problems treating him normally . he feels left out from a guy, let me pull isn't leaking when it comes to latino. mental to me this 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 on jose, especially if it's just you and your care is for so many years stuff of homelessness kept. my advantage is that i have my sports to start and that is my outlet for my frustration. mine maintaining until i journey also struggles with every day situations. even in germany, being in a wheelchair means encountering many obstacles. ah,
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that's good lucy, when i was gone, flattens as good as me. i might own blend of money into escalated milan. this is later on when done was that enough organ lunch to undergo twana unpacking 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. my mean honest alto 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
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the last 5 months. johnny hasn't received any money and had to finance everything out of his own pocket, almost 40000 euros, for co live with his own, with 3 different state authorities of fighting of a who is financially responsible for johnny. they mostly delves dryden. 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 matter. 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
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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, 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,
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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 papa. ah. as of lately, there is no impulse to both and if it doesn't what i need to find a way it takes a long time before i accept something doesn't work. if you type again, ah,
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