Here is someone using his celebrity appropriately -- to promote the message of universal design.
From the Independent --
04 October 2004
This year I had the enormous privilege of leading the GB paralympic basketball team as we battled it out in Athens. I'm proud of our bronze and hope to get some revenge on the Australians next time. I might not be able to walk; but there's nothing else I can't do.
However, a few years ago, my off-court life was very different. Back then, when I returned from a day's hard training it would be a real struggle to get my wheelchair through the front door of my home - it was so narrow. And that was just the start.
For the full article go to:
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=568468
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