Many authors caution us against overusing terms like “amazing” relative to Paralympians’ achievements, and all scholars encourage us to treat them respectfully in linguistic terms that get rid of labels ranging from “supercrips” to “exotics.” […] Many such Paralympians simply want to be known as sportspeople, their various activities known as sport, if adaptive.

Their backyard was wide open, separated from the other houses only by a roundpole fence that Mum had built in order to keep out the Caddells' dog.

Both began as “reformist” feminist theologians in the optimistic postconciliar mood of the midsixties, that is, they recognized the problems inherent to Christianity but believed, with reform, that Christianity could lead people to justice and liberation.

You may need to walk up to the front of the pack and physically gee the lead dog.