Who do you think came up with the idea for the Paralympics (残奥会)？The man who organized the sporting events which became the Paralympic Games1was a doctor，Ludwig Guttmann.
In his teens，Ludwig Guttmann was interested in medicine and worked as a2in a hospital.Then he3from medical school and became a doctor when he was 25 years old.
Ludwig Guttmann4a successful career for the next few years.5 ， because Ludwig Guttmann and his family were Jews，life in Germany was becoming very6for them. In 1938 Ludwig Guttmann7to the UK with his family where he continued his research8the best way to treat patients.
The Second World War was going on and there were a lot of soldiers9in the fighting.Often they10the use of their legs and needed11and help.The disabled soldiers were often12and angry for they couldn't really live a normal life.Ludwig Guttmann used his new13to look after their injuries and he also tried to give them emotional strength.
Ludwig Guttmann14taking part in sports could help a person's body as well as his mind and began to use15 as a treatment to help his patients.He wanted to give them back their selfrespect and dignity and16them to take part in sports.
In 1948 the hospital held a sporting event called “The International Wheelchair Games”．By 1952 the event began to17bigger with disabled athletes from other countries attending.By 1960 the games were called the International Stoke Mandeville Games and they were held in Rome alongside the18Summer Olympics.By 1968 there were 750 athletes from 29 different countries.Ludwig Guttmann himself died in 1980，even19the games were called “Paralympics”，but there is no20that he is the founder and father of the Paralympic Games.It's thanks to his hard work that we are all able to enjoy the Paralympics.
