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ha 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 i currently have when it comes to my buddy 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 did also blame 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 of yours. and then my former physiotherapists said to me, why don't you study something where you can implement your training, like sports, like 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 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 that one in another fight 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 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

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, as well feed. i actually got the idea of jumping off the 7 and a half me to towel by chance as to why. i asked, 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 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.

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. and i gotta provides a, would yon border bees even if their hands knocked him even couldn't do better than of england medicine. then hutch bottom of them is when we would only have been swim wondering, is that an example like numbers in now? in, in how can i say is glad if he has also the there are fits on point one of the doesn't within as, as of garment given the wise alpha challenge on top of the things i think

with johnny is not that optimistic about the situation disable people face at gemini university's one, given some angle, 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 millersville nathan was met with what was one of us when confronted with johnny's views, the head of the university's disability office has a different opinion. which for 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 $20.00 to $30.00 students at our university with challenging disabilities, duncan always does. i don't think any of them will say, i'm only welcome here because i might win a metal some dang congress and bulletin. but 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 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 with its duct, the shipping it filtering into it gets tightened bit by bit and pulls my back straight so i can walk upright on the treadmill to open up and to look ah, of light. johnny

doesn't see himself as a regular parts of the student body. ah, he believes that sometimes the other students have problems treating him normally. he feels left out when i guy whitney permanently, who when they come to realize he feels mental. it's 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 your mother was except and until 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 journey 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 money into as going in milan this is later on when done with that i know for going on to another one on putting like a yep. good. 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 co live with his loan, 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 maha. when asked to comment on the delay the council now responsible for johnny sites of procedural errors in 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 ng 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 papa. ah. as of lately, there is no impulse to both, but if it doesn't what i need to find a way it takes a long time before i accept something doesn't work. he's like, ah

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