Becker's Muscular Dystrophy and Playing sports

When it comes to living with a physical disability many can understand that it can really limit our ability to be involved in certain activities. For me the main thing that having Becker Muscular Dystrophy has kept me from being able to do is play sports. In many countries around the world kids being involved in playing sports is a big part of their life. In Canada a lot of us grew up around street hockey, so for most us hockey is a big part of our lives. For me growing up I was lucky enough at one point in my life before my diagnoses to play soccer on a local team. I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time and I was actually able to score one goal, simply from being in the right place at the right time. Still I could barely keep up with the other kid`s, but it was really fun playing and being part of a team. Eventually though the Muscular Dystrophy did take away my ability to run, so my days of being involved in team sports were over. So from that point on I was always stuck sitting on the sidelines watching the other kids play. So at a very young age I was use to sitting out, but eventually I was exempted from gym class in school so the feelings of being left out faded away.

Xbox 360 ring of death

Eventually, thanks to a little company by the name of Sega which introduce their first gaming system, I was able to get back into playing sports. You see playing video games gave me the opportunity to participate in physically demanding sports that I would never be able to in real life. See these gaming systems changed everything for me, growing up I always had the dream of becoming a professional race car driver like Jeff Gordon, and owning a gaming system gave me the opportunity to do this. Now over the years I have owned many different gaming systems, a couple years ago I use to own an Xbox 360, but ever since it greeted me one day with the red ring of death I haven’t been able to play it since. I guess maybe I need to send an e-mail to Microsoft thanking them for the 5 pound paper weight. Next time I think I`ll get the PlayStation 3.

As you can see I have faced a few issues related to not being able to be involved in playing sports as a result of having Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy. But thankfully I found things that allowed me to adapt to the changes I was facing in life. Sure for some it might not be this easy, but for me I am thankful that gaming systems like the PlayStation 3 and even the problem plagued Xbox 360 for giving me the ability to play sports again. For me this was my solution to living with Becker's Muscular Dystrophy and not being able to join in playing sports.