From the Washington Post:

The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill Monday night that will require county boards of education to allow students with disabilities to have equal opportunities to participate in physical education programs and on mainstream athletic teams.

The Fitness and Athletics Equity for Students with Disabilities Act came about in part because of Tatyana McFadden, 18, a wheelchair athlete from Atholton High in Howard County.

“We’ve been fighting so long and so hard for this. People should have the same opportunities. They shouldn’t be denied,” said McFadden, a senior who had lobbied in Annapolis on the bill’s behalf.

McFadden, born with spina bifida, is training for the 2008 Paralympics, which will take place in Beijing in September. She won two medals at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens.

Earlier post here.

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