[AMP-L] Discrimination Faced By Young Amputee Athletes

[Wayne Renardson]

via The Mag UK:

`I can´t believe the discrimination my 10 year old son and his fellow  
amputee friends experienced at Manchester City´ I would like to share 
this story with other Newcastle United fans on here, regarding our recent 
visit to Manchester City.  

I have previously written on The Mag about the background to our 
family´s situation (see here) but in short, our world was turned upside 
down last year when my 10 year old son was hit by a car outside of 
school and had his foot amputated.  

It happened literally a year to the day, coincidentally.

He thought he was never going to play football again, he hit rock bottom 
as you can imagine, then Melissa from the Newcastle United foundation 
introduced herself at the GNCH RVI and he found amputee football, it´s 
become his life and his reason for living.

He´s now training with the EAFA England Amputee Football 
Association and has been chosen to go to the EAFF European Amputee 
Football Federation camp in Tblisi, Georgia in July, representing his 
country.

It´s costing a lot of money and EAFA are paying for everything except 
the flights. Due to the current financial situation the flights have risen 
from £350 to £1000 so...I´ll try and shorten the story as it´s a long one.  

The rest of the story, with photos & comments, here:  

https://tinyurl.com/2jcsrjyk

Wayne R.