The Friday Facts 

December 29, 2000                                   Issue #6
A weekly news bulletin form the National Parent Network on Disabilities 

In the Millennium… of events, ADA Celebration, IDEA Anniversary, 2000 Paralympics!

Wait, what happened to the Paralympics? Shafted by television, the Internet provided 150 hours of live broadcast.

The TV wants to make up. Listen… The last day of, whatever thing we have going on this year of 2000, is a day you can pre-label "eye of the storm". The night brings the New Year, while the day brings the soothing mood of knowing it. Taking it easy during the afternoon is what your supposed to do. So chill and check out the amazing events that occurred during the 2000 Paralympic Games.

Athletes from 125 Nations, athletes that are contenders and don’t get paid 250 million dollars, THEY ARE CIVIL RIGHTS! They are everything that was great this year ADA, IDEA… these athletes represent both.

On the last afternoon of the year, Sunday December 31, 2000, 
CBS will air a 2 hour Special on the Games, "Role models for the 21^st Century: The 2000 Paralympic Games".

The perfect mood to enter 2001 is after receiving the perfect compliment to you and the past year of your life! 

FACTS

That Gold and Silver medal winner, Chinese swimmer Gong Baoren, 
would have had 2 gold's. But he had to settle for the silver in the 100meter breaststroke, 
when he lost the race by the length of a fingernail...
Baoren has no arms.  

There are 350 million people in the world, who suffer from depression.

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