“Having been born without legs, I’ve never known any sense of contrast or ‘loss’, and as a result it feels like a bit of a misnomer to labeled as an inspiration for simply existing.”

Robert Martinez, always marveled at his son Brandon’s devotion to the game. But at age 7 he was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome and they learned that obsessive-compulsive disorder was helping cause his obsession with baseball.

Like millions of others, I first learned about Dick and his son Rick via YouTube. Dick is a dad to three boys, now grown. But he is famous for his relationship with his first son, born in 1962 with cerebral palsy. Dick has run almost 1000 endurance events including marathons and the Ironman Triathlon pushing, [...]