Last week PDDCS members had a lucky, last minute, opportunity to meet and interview Ian Rose, one of Great Britain’s most successful Paralympic Judoka, when he arrived early for a presentational speech. 
Ian answered questions about his experiences as a Torchbearer and Opening Ceremony performer for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Ian engaged the young people with his descriptions about how he trained for and won 2 Paralympic, 5 World Championship and 9 European Championship Medals.
The young people learnt about the injury in training which caused Ian to retired as well as the most gruelsome injury he has ever experienced. Ian truely motivated and inspired everyone present. He threw questions to the young people themselves, asking them how they overcome any barriers in school that might arose due to their hearing losses. He even educated the Assistant Headteacher on how people with visual impairments can use smart phones.
His message of the day was very simple:'focus on what you can achieve in life and do it to your full potential'.
