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14 Aug 2016, 10:01 am

Teen Runner With Autism Shatters 4:00 Mile Barrier Mikey Brannigan sets a Paralympic world record for the T20 classification.


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14 Aug 2016, 11:14 am

That's mighty fast! In my best days, I could go under 6 minutes.

It's still not that common for high schooler to go under 4 minutes. An amazing feat by this guy.



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14 Aug 2016, 12:03 pm

I remember from Youtube another sympathetic autistic runner, I think the channel was called lookyus. That guy does pretty well too.



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14 Aug 2016, 12:08 pm

That's awesome, good for him.



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14 Aug 2016, 1:18 pm

Wow, that's fast! Must've been exhausted afterwards. O.o Takes me about ten minutes...


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13 Sep 2016, 6:39 pm

Mikey Brannigan Wins Paralympic 1500m Gold


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13 Sep 2016, 6:46 pm

yayyy



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14 Sep 2016, 4:37 am

Can playing sport or games ( football , rugby etc ) be a special interest ?


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14 Sep 2016, 4:41 am

Anything can be a special interest.


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14 Sep 2016, 4:50 am

ASPartOfMe wrote:
Anything can be a special interest.


Thanks.

Do you know what it feels like to not being able to pursue your special interest, can it have a detremental effect e.g you love playing a sport but get injured so can no longer play


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02 Feb 2018, 1:47 am

He was introduced to the crowd at Madison Square Garden at a New York Rangers hockey game last night and received a standing ovation


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02 Feb 2018, 2:27 pm

^^^ I used to really get into the playoff battles between the Rangers and the Islanders. Are you a hockey fan?



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02 Feb 2018, 3:03 pm

I will just go ahead and drop the other shoe, and say it: wow. a real life Forrest Gump!

I don't know if that's an accurate comparison, or not. But we all know that SOME one is gonna come along and make the comparison. So now the tension is over. Lol!



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02 Feb 2018, 5:55 pm

Forrest Gump inspired me to run three marathons.



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02 Feb 2018, 7:29 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
^^^ I used to really get into the playoff battles between the Rangers and the Islanders. Are you a hockey fan?

Yes. I happened to be watching the game. Unfortunatlly for me that was the only good thing that happened at that game last night :(


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02 Feb 2018, 7:42 pm

The Rangers were pretty good a couple of years ago. Now it's been another 24 years since they won the Stanley Cup in 1994.

I go way back----to when Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert, Eddie Giacomin, and Vic Hadfield were on the team. I remember thinking that Phil Esposito was the enemy, and that it was weird that he came from the Bruins to the Rangers.