Alex Brooker: Disability And Me saw The Last Leg host confront what disability really means in Britain today.
Alex has been disabled since he was born. He has hand and arm impairments and a prosthetic leg. The presenter decided to embark on this journey to come to terms with his identity as a disabled person.
He admitted in an interview with BBC News: “When I did Sink or Swim, there was a moment in Lake Windermere where I struggled, and I felt for the first time in as many years as I can remember, that my disability was beating me.
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“I felt very disabled and I got very emotional. So I took a step back, and thought, ‘I’m clearly not fully OK, and I have to work some stuff out about how I feel about it’.”
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