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Oscar Pistorius, athlete with a disability rather than disabled athlete, will compete against athletes without a disability in the Beijing Olympics. Lets hope this will help the world as a whole focus on his abilities and his training rather than the blades, which just seem to give him a level playing field instead of an advantage.

I had some dealings a few years ago with a double amputee who chose the operation when he was a child to help his mobility after his legs were gravely injured in a fire. He felt that walking on prosthetics gave him the ability to walk which would have been denied to him if he had kept his very damaged and painful legs. A level playing field…