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Jamal Hill
How Jamal Hill’s journey to becoming a Paralympic athlete started with a secret: ‘I was afraid of being labeled’
U.S. Paralympic swimmer Jamal Hill is raising awareness about Charcot-Marie-Tooth condition, a rare degenerative nerve disease that causes muscle weakness, decreased muscle growth, decreased sensitivity, hammer toes, and high arches. However, it wasn’t until he was ten years old that the Inglewood native began to exhibit signs of Charcot-Marie-Tooth condition. The disease’s onset paralyzed him,…
