My visit to St. Andrew's

It took me a while to figure out what exactly I wanted to blog about our classes recent trip to St. Andrew's Clinic in Nogales, AZ. I wanted to relate the post directly to sports but I did not get any stories on any of the patients playing a sport that they love.

So this week I was contemplating my actions for this blog and thought about simply, "why not them." A lot of the patients that graced the sanctuary and halls of St. Andrews have disabilities that range from them not being able to walk with ease or even have a decent conversations.

A lot of times, people put others with disabilities off as a lost cause instead of seeing them as an equal. This reminds me of an episode of Family Guy which has its very offensive moments on the show such as this one.



To think that people even think like this should not come as a surprise to anyone, after all Family Guy only says out loud what most people are thinking anyway. But no one should be treated like this.

People who have disabilities in most cases can overcome those odds to do whatever they want to, including sports. I stumbled across this great article that shares some of the best athletes who had to overcome a disability.

The give their list of the top seven athletes with disabilities and it goes to show that anything is possible. I met young..., seven years old, who recently had surgery on his cleft palate and is learning to say words in Spanish that have a "T" sound with it.

He still has the ability to run, catch, throw like the best of them. We'll have to see what happens.

Here's to the future and to not forget to Believe...