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BOYS, I THINK YOU’RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR YOUR CHILD TO BE INCLUDED, BUT THAT ISN’T A WORRY HERE AT LAKESHORE, WHERE INCLUSIVITY IS AT THE HEART OF WEDNESDAY’S LITTLE HAMMIES RACE. FUN FOR ALL AGE GROUPS AND ALL ABILITIES. I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE SOMETIMES SHE’S A LITTLE TIMID TO JUMP IN AND SHE WAS WILLING TO GET ON THE HAND BIKE TODAY AND SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE HER WITH OTHER KIDS. YOU KNOW, HER AGE, KIM PAISLEY’S 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AUDREY, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AS A BABY. SHE’S BEEN INVOLVED WITH LAKESHORE EVER SINCE SHE WAS A TODDLER BECAUSE SHE ONLY USES ONE HAND AND BECAUSE IT’S HARD FOR HER IN THE CHAIR, IT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET HER INVOLVED IN THINGS. AND SO THIS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE OTHER KIDS AND TO HER SISTERS HAVE TAKEN CLASSES WITH HER, TOO. SO IT’S AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL, IN FOR SMALLER CHILDREN LIKE RALEIGH LUGO. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO BOND WITH HIS FOUR YEAR OLD BROTHER, LAWSON. MY BROTHER, HE HAS SPINA BIFIDA AND HE GOES HERE TO DO SWIMMING LESSONS AND HE’S A MEMBER HERE. SO MY MOM JUST SIGNED HIM UP TO DO THIS AND HE DID IT. AS PARALYMPIANS TAKE THE WORLD STAGE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT, EVERY STRIDE HERE IN THE MAGIC CITY IS A LESSON FOR ALL THESE CHILDREN ABOUT HEALTHY AND FUN COMPETITION. PERSEVERANCE JUST GETS YOU JUST ANYWHERE AND THAT HE CAN’T BE SLOWED DOWN. COMPASSION. IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY’RE JUST IMMERSED TOGETHER, DOING ALL THESE EVENTS TOGETHER AND COMMUNITY. I THINK IT SHOWS OPPORTUNITIES AND IT SHOWS OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO AND HOW THEY’VE OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND JUST SEE