Positive Outlook

Simon Jameson is 23 years old. He has just finished college and his biggest sporting passion is paintballing. But although this Dublin man enjoys the physically demanding target game, he is confined to a wheelchair.

Born with muscular dystrophy (MD) and diagnosed at birth, Simon didn’t experience any symptoms until he was around six years old and from there on his condition began to worsen — but he refused to be curtailed by his disability and remains determined to live every day to the max.

“I remember wondering why I couldn’t run as fast as my friends, or jump as high as they could and my balance wasn’t good either,” he said.