In Tanni was made a Dame for her services to sport, and in created a life peer, becoming Baroness Grey-Thompson of Eaglescliffe, in the County of Durham. As a working cross-bench peer she sits on numerous All Parliamentary Party APPG groups, and is especially active on issues of equality, disability rights, welfare reform and sports.
She is married to fellow wheelchair athlete Dr Ian Thompson. The Power List shows the huge variance of disabled people in a wide variety of roles and shows the different pathways you can take. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.
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I'm happy for Laureus' partners to contact me. How those around us respond to its challenges, the support we receive, and how the law protects us, are crucial. Sometimes, the influence that society has on a disabled person can be profoundly negative: a prejudicial attitude, an underhand comment, a patronising smile.
What disabled people need is an accessible society, integration, and acceptance of who they are. Sport is just one way of doing that. In my case, I was fortunate enough to discover its power early on in life. The young people who play wheelchair sports thanks to WheelPower are also fortunate to discover that there are fewer barriers to leading an active life.
Not everyone is as lucky. It was only when my parents won a battle with my local authority, and I was able to secure a place at the local mainstream school that I discovered my love of sports, and began wheelchair racing aged This year we celebrate a special anniversary, the 70th year of wheelchair sport. This week also marks the start of the Paralympic Games in PyeongChang. We will be recognising both occasions today in Parliament, where I will have the opportunity to hear from young disabled people from Commonweal School and Arbour Vale School.
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