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Meet Matt Edwards, a lower-limb amputee boxer determined to break barriers and obtain his amateur boxing license—the c | dG1fdm9HQWNydGdmRUU
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00:00Disabled people have forgotten about and excluded.
00:03It's a real fight for disabled people on a daily basis just to survive.
00:08There's nothing wrong with being disabled.
00:10One in four people are disabled.
00:12Society, when you look at disability, is seen as quite negative.
00:16People are always fighting.
00:18We shouldn't have to fight. We should just be invited.
00:21Everyone should feel included in today's society.
00:24Every time that Matt steps foot into the ring, he represents change.
00:28Hopefully someone gives me a chance and lets me fight and lets me compete for my country.
00:32Just because you can't see our disabilities doesn't mean that we don't have them.
00:36If he doesn't get a license, he's got no one to fight.
00:38And he shouldn't be held back by some technicality.
00:41We do feel like we are not part of society in many different ways.
00:46If you suddenly lost your hearing, you suddenly lost your sight,
00:49how grateful would you feel if there were people around you
00:52who were so understanding and wanting to help you?
00:55What can we do to assist you? That's what should be.
00:57The questions and answers, not no.
01:00I want to get people to understand the importance of why we're fighting for what we do.
01:04We've got to see people's talents first rather than a disability.
01:07So much pressure on one man's shoulders and he's just embraced that.
01:11So that's why I've just got so much respect for that man as a fighter and as a human being.
01:16Oh, no.
01:17I need really hope for you.
01:18What do you see here?
01:19I need really hope for you.
01:24That's why I want to meet you.
01:25I want to meet you in this new life.
01:26Well, thank you for that being here.
01:27What do you see here?
01:28There's nothing new after you.
01:29It's a reality that you've got created by the person.
01:30You've got to meet up here as a human being.
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