Paralympic swimmer Jamal Hill is embracing a disability he didn't know he had

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey at wbur.org/survey. Evan Gershkovich and others returned to the U.S. in a historic prisoner swap with Russia. But they face a long road to recovery, and Liz Cathcart, executive director for Hostage U.S., explains what it will take to reintegrate them. And, Dr. Adeline Goss is grappling with the best way to treat her mother's Alzheimer's disease. She explains how the disease is affecting her family. Then, Paralympic swimmer Jamal Hill has Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder. But he didn't always know about his diagnosis, and he certainly didn't let it stop him from excelling at swimming — he took home a bronze medal at Tokyo, and is going for gold in the Paralympic Games in Paris.

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0:35.0	The moment of release, it is extremely happy, so great to be with your loved ones.
0:41.0	But for hostages released from Russia, the road to recovery is also complicated.
0:47.0	It is Friday, August 16th, from NPR and W-B-U-R Boston, welcome to hear and now any time. I'm Shirley Jehod. On today's episode, a lot of us are caregivers. Today we hear the reflections of a
1:11.5	neurologist who's also a daughter of a mom with Alzheimer's.
1:16.0	How she savors the moments she has with her mother and grapples with the challenges of the ongoing
1:21.9	illness.
1:22.8	I think that grieving my mom,
1:26.6	it's just this creeping, slow process
1:31.0	where I come to realizations very, very slowly over time.
1:35.1	And then the Glorious 24 Olympic Games wrapped up in Paris, and now the Paralympics are set to begin and talk with a champion swimmer.
1:45.0	So when I kick, I don't feel it go all the way through the toe.
1:47.8	I imagine a little bit more like a whipping sensation, just having some faith that it's making it down there and it'll get me across the pool.
1:58.6	First now, hostages held in Russia have returned to the US. Their reentry includes the need for Most Liz Cathcartes is Executive Director of Hostage USA.
2:13.4	It's an agency that helps hostages and their families, and she talks with Lisa Mullins.
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