Three-time swimming gold medalist Becca Meyers will not travel to Tokyo for the 2021 Paralympic Games, because the deaf-blind Timonium resident’s mother will not be allowed to accompany her as an aide due to COVID-19 restrictions. Meyers said she was disappointed and angry that U.S. Olympic officials have not found a way to accommodate her after months of requests but said she’s determined to stand up for the rights of future Paralympians.
Timonium’s Becca Meyers pulls out of Paralympics because of COVID restrictions on care aides: ‘It kind of made me feel like a second-class citizen’
July 21, 2021
