THURSDAY will be a big day for Scotland's parasport hopefuls as the final team for the Games is announced.
It will be a nervous time as they wait to find out if their hard work has been rewarded.
Greg Warnecke, who is responsible for the parasports programme at Glasgow 2014, is adamant his side of the Games will be a success.
"I am excited to be able to bring the largest programme of parasports in Commonwealth Games history to Glasgow, with 22 medal events across five different parasports, and integrate them into the main Games. We hope to deliver an outstanding Games for Glasgow and for Scotland as a whole," he said.
There are plenty of potential stars to look out for this summer.
Meggan Dawson-Farrell, 19, was born with spina bifida, and suffers from hydrocephalus, causing accumulation of fluid in the cavities of the brain. She spent more than two months in hospital this year. After finishing ninth in the 2012 London Wheelchair Marathon, claiming the Scottish record, she will race fellow wheelchair athletes in the T54 1500 metres.
Visually-impaired Laura Cluxton, 33, is part of the Scottish Cycling Performance Team, and a newcomer to the sport, with less than a year's elite experience under her belt. Cluxton, piloted by Fiona Duncan, achieved the qualifying times after only four months on the programme.
Former soldier Michael Yule, 33, from Musselburgh is competing in the powerlifting events.
He lost both legs to a bomb in Afghanistan in 2010. Before that he had been a member of the Army Powerlifting team, and after year of recuperation, he began training again. Help for Heroes has supported him in his recovery by funding his training.
Hopefully parasports running alongside the main Games events will help people realise those with disabilities can compete at the highest level. If that legacy can be carried into disability sports beyond the elite it can encourage more people with disabilities to get involved in sport.
Michael McEwan is a presenter with Able Radio and a columnist for Learning Disability Today magazine
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