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    How to ski when you can't use your legs Jump to media player Frank Gardner was paralysed when he was shot six times in 2004. Skiing was one of the joys he did not want to lose.
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    The deaf DJ who feels the beats Jump to media player Being deaf and a DJ means interacting with music in a different way.
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