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Disability Special
Ahead of the Paralympics in Japan, the BBC's disability correspondent introduces us to five people who have experienced important moments in the history of disability.
Ahead of the Paralympics in Japan, the BBC's disability correspondent introduces us to five people who have experienced important moments in the history of disability, including Van Phillips, who having lost his foot in an accident, decided to design a prosthetic leg that would allow him to keep running. His invention went on to revolutionise para-sports.
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Thu 5 Aug 202101:30GMT
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