Officials allegedly told the swimmer there will only be one dedicated personal care assistant for the entire u.s.

Paralympian deaf blind. Deaf and blind paralympian withdraws because they won’t let her bring in her personal care assistant. Deaf and blind paralympian becca meyers has quit team usa over travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. — five years ago, becca meyers was on the floor of her room in the.

Deaf and blind swimmer quits team usa over personal aid issue : So she quit team usa. American swimmer becca meyers has pulled out of the paralympics because she says the u.s.

But meyers is pulling out of the tokyo games because her mother is not. Start date jul 22, 2021; Meyers is the only one of team usa’s 34 paralympic swimmers who is both blind and deaf.

A deaf and blind paralympian has quit team usa after being told she wouldn't be allowed to bring her mother to the tokyo games as her care assistant and would instead have. S11s are totally blind, while s12s have a small amount of sight. Meyers was a strong hopeful for up to four medals in tokyo.

July 20, 2021 at 1:34 p.m. The tokyo olympics becca meyers is a star for the u.s. By cnn.com wire service published:

Swim team, which consists of 34 athletes, 9 of whom are visually. So she quit team usa. For the tokyo olympics and paralympics, however, meyers’s.