{"id":880,"date":"2016-05-31T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=880"},"modified":"2016-05-31T12:14:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:14:24","slug":"special-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2016\/05\/31\/special-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All over the world, people wait each year for the olympics. Hoping one of their country\u2019s athletes would bring back a medal. We are used to seeing athletes compete in good health and stability.What we are not used to seeing is physically impaired athletes compete in the olympics. Or in this case the Paralympics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The international Paralympics features many events.Swimming, track and volleyball are a few of the sports the Paralympics feature. Many would wonder how physically impaired people mights participate in sports that take quite a bit of action. After a video of Paralympic swimmers was shown to Ali Alkhafaji, who swam for Fordson High School when he was a senior said, \u201c Swimming is a very complicated sport, even for me and I am not physically impaired. These Paralympic swimmers are truly amazing and talented.\u201d Many just like Ali are wondering the same thing, how do they do it?<\/p>\n

Many people go to watch the Paralympics. People from all over the globe go to see their country\u2019s athletes compete and hopefully bring home the gold. For swimming, some athletes swim with one arm, one leg, and sometimes no legs. Saja Sirat a local citizen from \u00a0the city of dearborn \u00a0said, \u201cThroughout my whole life I tried to learn how to swim. Most of my family are amazing swimmers, but what\u2019s even more amazing is the fact that people with physical disabilities are swimming with ease, something not everyone could do. Some of the athletes were not born disabled, and had previously learned to swim before the accident that disabled him\/her.<\/p>\n

This year the Paralympics will be held in Brazil this year. There will be 4,350 athletes participating in the summer Paralympics. Contestants from 176 countries will be down in Brazil on September 7th through the 18th. There are 226 women athletes, 264 men, and 36 mixed athletes. 23 sports will be included in this year\u2019s competition. Aya Hamzah a student from Unis Middle school said, \u201c I would rather watch the Paralympics than the real olympics because it makes me happy to see people follow their dreams even though they have a disability.\u201d<\/p>\n

All in all the Paralympics is a very special time of year. Amazing athletes from 176 different countries will all compete against each other to try and bring home the gold. Many believe that the Paralympics is very important. One of the reasons being it gives a chance for people to see that their disability can\u2019t control what they can and cannot do. Everyone deserves the chance to do what makes them happy.<\/p>\n

Noor Sami<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All over the world, people wait each year for the olympics. Hoping one of their country\u2019s athletes would bring back a medal. We are used to seeing athletes compete in good health and stability.What we are not used to seeing is physically impaired athletes compete in the olympics. Or in this case the Paralympics. The …<\/p>\n

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