Yes it is the same for me too, two posts and that is my lot which is annoying when something else
might come along later worthy of my public comment.
But sticking to the same theme of the olypics and tying into the paralympic thread.
Phelps is not the first or only neurodiverse swimmer, thank goodness such athletes are not shunted
off into the paralympics or worse still special olympics.
As far as I am concerned the paralympics is an anachronism whose events should be fully integrated
into the mainstream games as specialist sports in there own right.
As for those who have the right capacity to participate alongside non impaired peers, such as Oscar
Pistorius, then they should, and let those who call his blades a cheat, amputate there own legs to
gain the same advantage, it's kind of like saying I should not be allowed to participate in Olympic
shooting or Archery unless I took my glassess of first.
Larry
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> Subject: Re: Michael Phelps has ADHD
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>
> Larry
>
> I have ADHD, and 'I swim like a brick'... As you rightly say,
> this is with me having co-mordid 'dyspraxia' (DCD), TS and
> Asperger Syndrome and having co-ordination difficulties...
>
> Also, I have never been able to relax at public swimming
> baths and would react to the chlorine and other 'sensory issues'...
>
> When I was in 'care' as a child I used to get forced to going
> to the public swimming baths, like they used to try and teach
> me to play the guitar, which I could not do too, due to my
> co-ordination difficulties, especially fine motor
> co-ordination. This caused me great frustration and effected
> and triggered an emotional and behavioural reaction
> from-me... They would wind me up, then 'drug-me' when they
> had caused the behavioural and emotional reaction by trying
> to force me to do things I could not do.
>
> Would you call this abuse what they did to me in care?
>
> I can only post 2 messages a-day to this forum; is this the
> limit for you and everyone else? So I will not able to post
> anymore cause my 2 post per day limit is up.
>
> Colin Revell
>
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