Sportaction.eu profiles five Paralympic athletes whose paths cut against historical medical perceptions of disability: wheelchair basketball's Matt Scott, swimmer Jessica Long, para-cyclist Ryan Boyle, para-triathlete Melissa Stockwell, and shooter McKenna Dahl. Their Olympic medals and world records are presented less as a feat of 'overcoming' and more as evidence — that competitive parity exists, and that the social model of disability holds up under athletic conditions.