I still remember the events of four years ago with a great deal of joy. To have been here, in London, in 2012 was a once in a lifetime experience. Living in london as it put on arguably the greatest olympics and paralympics ever was awesome. Not only that, but to have seen Lyn and the paraorchestra play at the ceremony which capped it all off, having appeared with her in a documentary preceding it, was mind-numbingly cool. Much has been said about the effect the london Parallmpic had on the perception of disability sport, and disabled people in general: For the briefest of moments, ‘we’ were presented on an equal footing to non-disabled people; for the briefest of moments, disability became cool.

I cannot help but wonder whether the same effect will be achieved in Rio. Sadly I doubt it. As Chris notes in a video blog here, lots of questions remain. I get the impression that the paralympics will be relegated back to an afterthought – a secondary event after the main show. I hope I’m wrong: I hope Rio takes London’s lead and goes to as much effort with the paralympics as they did with the olympics.

All that, however, remains to be seen. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes. I especially can’t wait to see if Rio has created it’s own paraorchestra. It would be wonderful if it has, as the legacy of what Lyn and I were involved in four years ago would be shown to have lived on. For now, though, all we can do is wait and see, and hope that the effect we achieved here in London will also be achieved in Rio.