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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14612850
"Each time I take on a new adventure and get some publicity off it, it gives me another couple of years employment."
Newspapers regularly carry stories about disabled people pushing their broken bodies to the extreme.
Hilton-Barber believes that media attention is an important motivator for disabled adventurers. He says disabled people who see other people with disabilities pushing the limits are inspired to fight for a new sense of identity.
"It gives them status. Disability robs you of your confidence. I lost my dignity, my independence, but I can jump out of a plane and people will have respect for me."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14612850
"Each time I take on a new adventure and get some publicity off it, it gives me another couple of years employment."
Newspapers regularly carry stories about disabled people pushing their broken bodies to the extreme.
Hilton-Barber believes that media attention is an important motivator for disabled adventurers. He says disabled people who see other people with disabilities pushing the limits are inspired to fight for a new sense of identity.
"It gives them status. Disability robs you of your confidence. I lost my dignity, my independence, but I can jump out of a plane and people will have respect for me."
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