From the Department of Better Late Than Never, I found this excellent column on the 2006 Torino Paralympics in an old issue of NOW, the free Toronto weekly.
The writer, Joseph Wilson, uses a technology angle to highlight the joy and wonder of the Paralympic Games. Disability sports is indeed a hi-tech wonderland. I love talking to engineers whose life work is all about enabling people to use whatever capabilities they have to accomplish whatever they want.
Wilson says, "Twenty-four medals [in the Olympics] is an impressive accomplishment, but I'd much prefer to live in a country that flubs the Olympic Games and kicks ass at the Paralympics, where the athletes exhibit truly exemplary drive and commitment."
Thanks to Wilson for helping to raise awareness.
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