Bannister, Mark

Mark Bannister was born in Liverpool, UK, in 1965 - at an early age he was diagnosed as having a rare form of spinal muscular atrophy which required his use of a wheelchair. Because the condition was rare he felt somehow special and developed a strong desire to continually be the first to achieve what no other disabled person had done before. He was also determined to demonstrate how productive disabled people can be within our society, to help one another and improve the world we live in.