Welcome to Disability Awesome. Each week, this post will feature a person or persons with mental and / or physical disabilities who are doing awesome things! As someone with an disability, I love it when others when disabilities do great things!

The Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina Paralympics was an impressive show of lights and acrobatics. It kicks off nine days of competition that more than 600 athletes with a range of disabilities have trained tirelessly for. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda reports.

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