Sports as an escape from the dead end
Quoting Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, we can say that our society is dominated by the belief that the lives of disabled persons are apparently without meaning or purpose. Suspicion has always influenced the relationships between the disabled and the fully enabled ones, preventing the growth, the positive achievements and the realization of the dreams…
When disability meets courage
Aaron Fotheringham is a wheelchair user that hasn’t let his wheelchair get in the way of participating in extreme sports. At the age of 14, Aaron Fotheringham was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for doing the first back flip in a wheelchair. He calls his method of wheelchair extreme sports “hardcore…
Christ no longer has hands
(Our dear friend Simona Gualla at work) Christ no longer has hands, He has only our hands To perform his works today. Christ no longer has feet, He has only our feet To visit mankind today. Christ no longer has voice, He has only our voice To speak of Himself today. Christ no longer has…
Thank you Argentina
Salvatore Cimmino with his trainer Filippo Tassara, Edoardo Stochino e Alessandra Romiti I am glad to share with those who follow me with trepidation and passion, the joy and pride I felt during my stay in Argentina. I have experienced the affection and sympathy of warm-hearted people, the participation of the Board of the…
Swimming in the Seas of the Globe, 3rd leg
The swimmers in the challenging Rio Paranà We are less than ten days (January 30, 2011) away from the 3rd leg of my “Swimming in the seas of the globe” adventure: I will soon take part in the fiftieth edition of the legendary water marathon “Santa Fe – Coronda” (www.santafecoronda.com), 57 km along the Rio…