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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 that when he is supported by a handful of carers, 16 hours a day. i really know johnny is in a constant fight against bureaucratic hurdles and exclusion. sports is his way to really stress. i was currently here when it comes to my buddy in 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 it's not needed. so it is also blind, ah, has a veto, 4th for them to come. and 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, the sport 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 was suspended? i told him in on him one minute. dicey, fanciful enough, 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, lighted on one another. fight today, johnny's usual,

swimming pool is occupied. that's why he's had to settle for the cold basin. the cold water can be problematic and makes his muscles cramp even more to keep warm. yes to power through from the star. ah, 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, ah, as well i actually got the idea of jumping off the 7 and a half me to tell by channels by ah, 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, that didn't happen. 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.

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, johnny has a quick chat with one of his favorite professes to discuss his studies and future athletic goals. and i gotta provides a route yon border, busy, busy hands knocked in, even you couldn't do better than of england. mm. when the hutch bottom of them is when we don't even swim one because that's an example like no missing of in nasa is class. he has all the there fits on point one with us. he doesn't miss enough. as of god given advised alpha challenge on top of the things i

think with johnny is not that optimistic about the situation disabled people face at jamming universities. one, given some likelihood 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 doesn't fit in to the image of a sports university, doesn't no one's going. nissan was mid one 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 that 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 bullish mid. 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, as with evan 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, it gets tightened bit by bit and pulls my back straight. so i can walk upright on the treadmill to open up and look. ah, one of my johnny doesn't see himself as a regular part of the student body. ah,

he believes that sometimes the other students have problems treating him normally. he feels left out when a guy let me pull isn't leaky. when it comes to let you feel a little 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 under, 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. mind maintaining, until psycho ah, johnny also struggles with every day situations. even in germany, being in

a wheelchair means encountering many obstacles. ah, that's going to lucy when i was gone, flattens was given me i my own blend of money into as going in milan, this is later on when done was that enough organ lunch to undergo twana unpacking that good. yep. good enough to know what may seem like a minor inconvenience can amounts were detail of several stocks and a huge delay. aah, l merino nissan. altima. done name is already to have a to live more or less independent life. johnny requires physical assistance, but around the truck 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 nero's. for poor live with his own with. 03 different state authorities of fighting of a who is financially responsible for johnny. they mostly don't strike 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 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 weight 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 shop. 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 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. 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 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 part. ah, as a weakness, there is no employ to both and if it doesn't what i need to find a why my most it takes a long time before i accept something doesn't work if you'd like. ah

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