Athlete Mami Tani calls Paralympics a milestone on journey to inclusion

For triathlete Mami Tani, who played a key role in bringing the Paralympics to her country, Sunday's conclusion of the nearly two-week event will not mark the end of a journey but a mere stop on the way.At 39, her future as an athlete remains unclear, but she wants to remain a driver of social change in terms of diversity and inclusion for the disabled beyond the Tokyo Paralympics.They "must not be the goal," Tani recently told the press. Instead, the event "should be the passing of a major milestone."While the Paralympics have brought attention to issues like accessibility and inclusion in…READ FULL ARTICLE