Paralympic story

About the author

Meggie Morris

Meggie Morris is a Sydney-based producer and journalist. She received her Master of Journalism from Northwestern University. Since being involved in the AIPS YR Program in Qatar in 2014, Meggie has reported from the US, Europe, and Pakistan. Currently she works for the ABC, producing Conversations.

Credits

Photo 1: Australia Team at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – Wikimedia Commons, can be used and shared under theĀ  Law for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights n.633, 22 April 1941

Photo 2: Australia Team at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – Wikimedia Commons, can be used and shared under theĀ  Law for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights n.633, 22 April 1941

Photo 3: Daphne Hilton – Photo from Australian Paralympic Committe, Wikimedia Commons, can be used and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

Photo 4: Matthew John Cowdrey – Getty Images, Photo 51324304 – Photo by Tom Shaw

Photo 5: Matthew John Cowdrey – Getty Images, Photo 82774506 – Photo by Duif du Toit

Photo 6: Matthew John Cowdrey – Getty Images, Photo 151076498 – Photo by Mike Ehrmann

Photo 7: Eric Russell – Photo from Australian Paralympic Committe, Wikimedia Commons, can be used and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

Photo 8: Sydney 2000 Paralympics – Getty Images, Photo 1077611 – Mandatory Credit: Jamie Squire/ALLSPORT