# @paralympics on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CXBrJToIOqV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17097473-paralympics-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-12-03T15:43:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) — https://gondola.cc/Paralympics

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💜 #Repost ntando_mahlangu_athlete 

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities that aims to promote the rights and well-being of those living with disabilities in all spheres of society.

It is an opportunity to look back at this special #memory of my involvement with the jumping_kids_sa youngsters who, like me, were born with a severe congenital condition affecting their lower limbs from above the knee.

It is an honor to be able to help promote equal opportunities for these children, to lead by example and show that, with access to prosthetic equipment and equal opportunities in school and in sport, anything is possible.

Being fitted with my bilateral prosthetic blade equipment back in 2012 had great impact on my life. It opened many doors. It gave me a chance to move, attend great mainstream schools, and represent my country at the highest level as a professional athlete.

It is said that change starts with sport. My participation and performance, at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and this year’s Tokyo Games, added great value to my vision to help create a #legacy encouraging more children living with bilateral above-knee amputations to follow in my #bladesteps and chase their dreams.

It is about more than winning a medal. It is about making sure that a platform continues to exist for bilateral amputee children to develop on par with their able-body peers and, should they be so inclined, to pursue athletics at the highest level in the T61 division.

Here’s looking forward to continuing to promote what is right, what is fair, and to leave no one behind.

#IDPD #EveryoneIncluded #CRPD #IDPD2021 #WeThe15 💜 #T61 #development #BAKBladeBoys #Inclusion #ChangeStartsWithSport 

Photos courtesy of #JumpingKidsSA and placed with parental permission

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legacy, idpd, memory, inclusion, everyoneincluded, t61, idpd2021, wethe15, repost, changestartswithsport, bladesteps, bakbladeboys, development, crpd, jumpingkidssa

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