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24.10.2008, 05:44

Music from the soul builds bridges

It turns out the pleasure of music is not confined to people of hearing. Deaf-mute performers have gathered in the city of Tver for the Festival of Gesture Singing, using their hands instead of their voices.

04.12.2008, 23:31

New swimming championship enables the disabled

The first ever Aleksandr Popov Cup swimming competition for the disabled has started in Moscow. Athletes from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine arrived in the Russian capital for this inaugural sports event named in honour of the four-time Olympic Champion.

From a wheelchair to swimming the seas

Published: 12 October, 2008, 11:57


Stephen Attard

Meet Stephen Attard. A Maltese swimmer, he was seriously injured in a traffic accident 23 years ago. His extensive head injuries left him disabled, and he has had to use a wheelchair ever since.

 
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