Abstract
My introduction to working with disabled athletes came when I went to a pre-games seminar in Athens, Greece, to prepare for the 2004 Paralympics and had to share a room with Pieter Badenhorst—a double-arm amputee. Badenhorst had lost his arms after being electrocuted at the age of 6 while lifting a heavy electrical cable after a storm at his parent’s farm. His left amputation is at shoulder level, the other at the elbow with a 6 cm stump. Since this encounter was my first with a disabled person, I was a little apprehensive about sharing a room with Pieter. Would I have to assist him in his daily activities? Should I treat him differently?
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