Was watching a programme on the Community channel last night. It was called "Let's go Dancing on Ice" and featured 3 children/teens, each with a disability, and showed them meeting the stars etc the usual. What got me was they then had a skating lesson with one of the judges. I used to skate a lot myself (don't have a rink near enough now ) and it struck a chord with me. Skating is one of the most universal sports there is.
In the programme, there was a girl of 8 with cp, in her electric wheelchair, a lad of 16 with AS and a girl of 13 with a squint (I had one, had it corrected) other sight problems and dyspraxia. The guy with AS really impressed everyone, he'd been skating for 4 years. The visually impaired girl really struck a chord with me. I remember learning to skate and how hard it was, so it was great to see.
But just seeing how the teaching was adapted for each, and how each excelled and enjoyed it in their own way made me realise that I love skating because, on the ice, I'm free. I don't have to tell people I don't see well, I can glide around just like anybody else.