The Paralympic Games owe a huge debt to their founding father, Dr Ludwig Guttmann. Dr Guttmann had an unwavering belief that sport could change both patients� perceptions of themselves and shift medical and public thinking about the potential of disabled people.

Paralympic Games

Francine what wonderful quotes from the Australian journalist - more poetry than prose.

Interesting what you say about coverage - in the UK the Paralympics were covered by Channel 4 (who paid a high price for the honour) rather than the BBC. Whereas I heard people talking a lot about the Olympics - with many watching coverage every day - my impression is that people kept up less with the Paralympics.

Great photos of the closing ceremony - I thought it was great, and it generally had good coverage although some people thought there was a bit too much Coldplay...