We must not allow disabled people fall victim to our litigious society
Caitriona Ryan, the young woman who called out the Olympic oath at the opening ceremony, made a particularly poignant appeal on RTÉ's lunchtime news during the week.
"Before I joined the Special Olympics I wasn't able to stand up for myself because I had special needs and I was bullied quite a lot in school because I had special needs," she explained. "I have so many scars from when I was bullied."