He was also confident that the Paralympics had displayed disabled people in a positive light.
Despite Richardson's absence, the family will still be represented at the Paralympics by his daughter-in-law.
"There is a big focus once every four years on the Paralympics, " said Davies.
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While 22% said they felt patronised by the Paralympics, 23% said they felt empowered.
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Campaigner Kaliya Franklin noticed an attitude shift on Twitter during the Paralympics opening ceremony.
The Paralympics may have changed the public's perceptions of what disabled athletes can achieve.
Lord Coe, looking ahead to the Paralympics, also told the BBC organisers were "only halfway through".
But the script didn't go to plan when the Paralympics started later in the month.
Mayor of Milton Keynes Catriona Morris said a civic reception would be held after the Paralympics.
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"We asked her juggling a politics degree with training for the Paralympics, " said Joan after the interview.
TfL expects up to 215, 000 spectators to visit the Olympic Park on most days during the Paralympics.
Some 47% of those questioned favoured merging the Games, while 43% said the Paralympics should stay separate.
Respect for disabled people and celebrating what disabled people can do, and inclusion, isn't just for the Paralympics.
The worst example was the United States, where there was no television coverage of the Paralympics at all.
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The survey found 76% of disabled people agreed, suggesting that the Paralympics was equally inspiring to disabled people.
Mr Thompson will stand down from his post after the Paralympics, having spent eight years in the role.
Jon Morgan, executive director of Disability Sport Wales, said he had made "an incredible debut" at the Paralympics.
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"We are only halfway through - our focus now is on the transition to the Paralympics, " said Lord Coe.
Before the Paralympics attitudes to disability were already deteriorating due to the 'scroungers' and 'cheats' stories in the tabloids.
This is not just every four years dipping in because it's the Paralympics.
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With Colbourne's gold Wales has won four medals so far at the Paralympics.
Then, we all asked more questions about her diet, training schedule and how she felt at the Paralympics in Beijing.
As for the Paralympics itself, Richardson knows it won't be easy to watch the competition he had been training for.
At the Paralympics' half-way stage, after five days of competition, 697 medals had been won by athletes from 63 countries.
Participation jumped to more than 3, 000 athletes, and four years later in Barcelona, the Paralympics were first broadcast on television.
For the global profile of the Paralympics to be raised so dramatically in the country where it started was particularly fitting.
But security is likely to be relaxed after the Paralympics, which will be held in Beijing between September 6th and 17th.
Over 10m tickets will have been sold (including nearly 2m for the Paralympics) for events at 34 sites around the country.
He's incredibly fast and looks like, by Beijing, he might make the qualifying time for the Olympics, let alone the Paralympics.
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Mr Trawford said Ellie returned to the school after the Paralympics in Beijing four years ago to show pupils her medals.
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