Able Lives

Focuses on the positive aspects of the lives of people with disabilities-- their courage and determination, their abilities and, In many cases, their remarkable achievements. What is it like to participate in the Special Olympics? How do you become a

Preface

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Brian Crowley

Acknowledgements

9

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Introduction

11

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Special Olympics

15

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... Mary Davis and Team Ireland athlete, Lisa McNabb, share the feeling

Eamonn Prunty

23

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... a water-ski enthusiast who has set his sights on becoming world champion

Claire Gallagher

31

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... who played the piano in the White House seven months after she was blinded in the Omagh bombing

Caroline Casey

39

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... a visually impaired elephant-driver who encourages others to pursue their dreams

Lughaidh O Modhrain

48

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... a generous musician who will never forget the time he sang for Mother Teresa

Jeanette Craig and Hayley Osbourne

56

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... who overcame obstacles to enter, third-level education

Siobhan Keane

65

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... a passionate pianist, enthusiastic educator and spirited scuba-diver

The Camphill Community Celtic Lyre Orchestra

74

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... which includes sixty people with intellectual disabilities and which has performed in the National Concert Hall

Lorraine Leake

82

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... who believes the health services have a greater role to play in supporting families

Ivan Pratt

91

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... a businessman who describes reading as like driving with the handbrake on

Ann Pepper

100

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... a wheelchair user who volunteers at the local resource centre

Pat Howe

108

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... a taxi driver whose struggle to read and write led him to devise a board game that promotes literacy skills

Samuel Malcolmson

117

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... who has had an IRA bullet lodged in his spine for thirty years and who founded the Disabled Police Officers' Association

Rita Corley

126

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... who became a plucky adventurer and fundraiser after she was blinded in a car crash

The Ryan Family

134

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... who find that having a child with a disability has greatly enriched their lives

The Hobbs Family

142

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... who refused to despair when Rett's Syndrome turned their lives upside down

Martin Naughton

151

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... a veteran campaigner who will not rest until people with disabilities enjoy the same opportunities as everyone else

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