This "Hot Cripple" Series is an experiment; an effort to bring attention to the fact that Disability isn't necessarily synonymous with Ugly- as in Ugly Laws, which proliferated this country for over a century.
This month we feature paralympian, spokesperson and television personality Ade Adepitan
This month we feature paralympian, spokesperson and television personality Ade Adepitan
Adepitan was born in Maryland, Lagos, Nigeria on 27 March 1973. At the age of 6 months, Adepitan contracted polio which resulted in the loss of function of his left leg, and ultimately prevented him from walking. At the age of three, Adepitan and his mother emigrated to Newham in London, United Kingdom to join his father. From an early age, he had aspirations of becoming an international sportsman.
Adeptitan is an accomplished wheelchair basketball player, and as a member of the Great Britain team, won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and the gold medal at the 2005 Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Adepitan has featured on many television programs and series as an actor, presenter or guest, particularly for the BBC. He often uses television as a platform to campaign against racism and disability discrimination. Adepitan was appointed as one of the main presenters on Channel 4 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
In 2013, he presented a Channel 4 Dispatches program, 'Britain on Benefits', and also presented a documentary for Channel 4's 'Unreported World' about Cuban basketball players, 'Cuba, Basketball and Betrayal'.
In 2014, he became one of the presenters of the new BBC travel series The Travel Show. He also anchored the Winter Paralympic Games for Channel 4 and Invictus Games for the BBC.
Adeptitan is an accomplished wheelchair basketball player, and as a member of the Great Britain team, won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and the gold medal at the 2005 Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Adepitan has featured on many television programs and series as an actor, presenter or guest, particularly for the BBC. He often uses television as a platform to campaign against racism and disability discrimination. Adepitan was appointed as one of the main presenters on Channel 4 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
In 2013, he presented a Channel 4 Dispatches program, 'Britain on Benefits', and also presented a documentary for Channel 4's 'Unreported World' about Cuban basketball players, 'Cuba, Basketball and Betrayal'.
In 2014, he became one of the presenters of the new BBC travel series The Travel Show. He also anchored the Winter Paralympic Games for Channel 4 and Invictus Games for the BBC.
Playstation Double Life Trailer Featuring Ade Adepitan
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