What We Can Learn From High Achievers w/Disabilities

There are many athletes with disabilities who perform exceptionally well at the Paralympics. But aside from four gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games, Marla Runyan won the 1500 meters at the Pan American Games in 1999, finished eighth over the same distance at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and won the United States 5000 meters three times in a row in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Runyan is legally blind â?" she can see the feet and the colors of her competitors' jerseys and the red surface of the running track, but she can't see the finish line. In her autobiography, No Finish Line: My Life As I See It, she explains: "When I run a race, I don't always know whether I've won or lost. I can't see the clocks, or the lap counters, or the scoreboards. I only know that the finish is at the end of the straightaway." Read Full Article »