From the New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/.../18swimmer.html
A Disabled Swimmer’s Dream, a Mother’s Fight
By ALAN SCHWARZ
Published: June 18, 2008
SAN DIEGO — As Kendall Bailey swims, his praying-mantis limbs flapping him forward, something about the water disguises his many maladies: cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism and more. Only in a swimming pool do they dissolve and allow his troubled body and mind to be all but normal. He is happy, safe and possibly the fastest disabled breaststroker in the world....
Although I'm not a medical professional...
Really? Shocking.
Almost as shocking as when you stated you don't swim competitively, have never been in a tech suit in the water. But, wait, you know you'd be a good swimmer because your PE teacher in 1969 said you had a good sidestroke.
Tom Cruise? Good grief man, next thing you know you'll be using Mel Gibson as your expert on religious tolerance.
FYI - people who take anti-depressants are not interested in being "happy as a lark." That speaks to your fundamental lack of knowledge on this topic. If you've actually been around a person with severe depression you'd not say something as idiotic as this.
Although I'm not a medical professional...
Really? Shocking.
Almost as shocking as when you stated you don't swim competitively, have never been in a tech suit in the water. But, wait, you know you'd be a good swimmer because your PE teacher in 1969 said you had a good sidestroke.
Tom Cruise? Good grief man, next thing you know you'll be using Mel Gibson as your expert on religious tolerance.
FYI - people who take anti-depressants are not interested in being "happy as a lark." That speaks to your fundamental lack of knowledge on this topic. If you've actually been around a person with severe depression you'd not say something as idiotic as this.
