Thanks
@Cinders66 for more background. I watched the story and noticed that although she managed to walk with support down the aisle and back, she then went straight back into the wheelchair afterwards. In one other shot where she was standing, I noticed someone's hands around her waist, apparently to steady her. I wish we were given the follow up, as in how long it took to recover from the exertion of the event. It's clear she's in no way 'well' and I hope her determination didn't lead to a setback in overall health.
That said I do wish the couple much happiness, it's not going to be easy with her need for ongoing support.
I do hate the narrative that if you set goals and work hard you'll get there in the end, which is a basically a fairytale- not everyone does! I do wonder, when watching Paralympic sport, what harm the athletes might be doing in pushing so hard to overcome whatever disability they have. Are they storing up problems for the future?
I have friends who adopted a baby born without one forearm. Even tho not an athlete, she has done pretty much everything she wanted to. But her mother told me that by the time she was 30, she had developed arthritis in the shoulder of her good arm, as she's overused it her whole life to compensate for the other. (She never liked using a prosthesis.)