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'A car accident at three years of age resulted in a spinal injury that put him in a wheelchair. So any dreams that IAN SIMPSON might have had of being a stand-up comedian were not going to be fully realised – at least not the ‘stand-up’ part. But this Paralympian and history teacher has never believed in taking himself seriously, and in his new memoir, Rolling with the Punches, Ian writes of the different perspective on life that his view from a wheelchair has given him. In the first extract below he tells of his life in hospital as a three-year-old a few weeks after the accident, and in the second extract he recounts his childhood attempts to get involved in sport, despite the obstacles. ' (Publication abstract)
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Rolling with the Punches
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2014
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2014
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autobiography
'A spinal injury at a young age might have killed off a career in stand-up but it did not temper Ian Simpson's philosophy of not taking life too seriously. But will this mindset be strong enough to cope with the greatest medical crisis of them all? His story will have you laughing and crying-and often on the same page. Ian Simpson has spent most of his 49 years living in a wheelchair, giving him a different perspective on life to a lot of people.' (Publication summary)
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