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....
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There was a program down at the velodrome here a few years back where teens with cerebral palsy - the less severely affected - were put on track bikes and taught to ride for paralympics. I believe some of them are still doing it, and entering the odd road time trial as well. Someone told me one night why a track bike (fixed gear, no free wheeling) is good for c.p., but his explanation went over my head.
There was a program down at the velodrome here a few years back where teens with cerebral palsy - the less severely affected - were put on track bikes and taught to ride for paralympics. I believe some of them are still doing it, and entering the odd road time trial as well. Someone told me one night why a track bike (fixed gear, no free wheeling) is good for c.p., but his explanation went over my head.
