Some 61% of the 386 disabled people polled for charity Scope saw the Games as an opportunity for disabled people, but just 23% said they were excited.

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Xavier Gonzalez, chief executive of the International Paralympics Committee, visited London for talks on Monday, exactly seven years before the start of the Games for disabled athletes.

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Sophie Wells, a dressage rider on Britain's equestrian team for the Paralympic Games, calls Pistorius a "brilliant" ambassador for disabled athletes.

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Then he heard Paralympic organisers were searching for a disabled pilot to conduct the flypast at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony for London 2012.

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Paddy Cronesberry, 61, from Thornaby, is the founder of the Middlesbrough Disabled Supporters' Association which arranges tickets and transport to games for members.

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