Stinna Tange: Looking to an exciting new career...

In this edition of The Para Equestrian Digest, double Paralympic bronze medalist, European and World Champion Stinna Tange (DEN) provides her view of why representation in the media matters for people with disabilities...

“If only Disney had made a movie with a princess in a wheelchair.”

The Paralympic Games are great in so many ways. To witness top athletes perform the sport they love with passion and dedication is both humbling and exciting.

But when it comes to representation, the Paralympic Games are the only time where people with disabilities are, for the most part, represented positively and fairly in the media.

The Paralympic Games are the only occasion where children with a disability can point to the television with pride and say, “She looks just like me!”

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