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Posted - 30 Aug 2012 02:14

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With many younger pd . effected people nowdays - could people with pd be included in paralympics one day and would peopleunderstand the possible variations in our movement ?

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Posted - 30 Aug 2012 06:07

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hi rubbish,it a difficult question,as we no there are still people with early pd dx still running like half marathons,a compented by surport around them,and a wheel chair to hand if not able to carry on.but as pd progresses our bodys can not do alot of things ,belive me i no.there is catoguries for the disabled people in the olympics,to which there disability falls into.cus we have movement diffculties,there is none olympians been chose,and i really wish we could be,there must be some thing we can do during the games,i no we suffeer with stiffness and tremoer etc,i had to give up my running evetually,and i trully wish i could of carried on,it be good to put put voices out there to be seen as a disability that should be herdsmile