van phillips on the invention which revolutionised parasports.bit of a pioneer herself. in 1960, margaret maughan surprised even herself when she became a gold—medallist at the first paralympic games in rome. but it all started at a british hospital. in 1959, i was working in malawi, involved in a car accident, when i became paralysed and was brought to stoke mandeville hospital in england and from then my life changed dramatically. the director of the unit was ludwig guttmann and his idea was movement. people just not allowed to lie there, becoming ill and miserable. | archive: it's paralysis that keeps| the 200 contestants in wheelchairs, but it can't prevent them from being sportsmen. itjust worked out happened that i happened to be quite good at archery and i used to win the monthly competition quite often. in 1960 i was very lucky and very surprised to be invited to be in the team to go to the very first international sports event for wheelchair people in rome. archive: visitors to the vatican - where 350 paralysed people who have competed o