The Beijing Paralympics have given athlete and special education teacher Shinji Tabuchi an ideal opportunity to put into practice one of the lessons he imparts to students inside the classroom -- the need to embrace challenges.The 40-year-old Paralympic debutant is competing as a snowboarder in the SB-LL2 sport class for athletes with an impairment in one or two legs with less activity limitation.At age 26, Tabuchi suffered broken thighbones in a snowboard crash during dry land training. After spending four months in hospital and undergoing extensive rehabilitation, he was still left with f…READ FULL ARTICLE
