2012 broke disability ‘taboo’ for British sailor

By Alexander Smith LONDON (Reuters) – This year’s Paralympics in Rio will be different from previous competitions for British sailing gold medalist Helena Lucas as a taboo was broken when the Games “came home” to London in 2012. “Up until the London Games it was a bit of a taboo subject and people would be embarrassed to ask you about your disability or to chat to you about it,” Lucas, who was born without thumbs and only has the use of two fingers on both hands, told Reuters. “The British people made us feel like athletes and on a par with the Olympic athletes.
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