With an assist from Paul McCartney the Paralympic Games starts its 100-day race on Monday to the opening ceremony in Paris in August.

The former Beatle has let 91裸聊视频淲e All Stand Together91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� the signature tune from an award-winning animated film he wrote and produced 40 years ago 91裸聊视频� be used in a promotional film for the International Paralympic Committee.

91裸聊视频淪ir Paul really understands what we stand for as a movement and he was so generous to us,91裸聊视频� IPC president Andrew Parsons told The Associated Press. 91裸聊视频淗e was not difficult to convince, it was something that came very naturally.91裸聊视频�

In 100 days from Monday, the Summer Paralympics opening ceremony on Aug. 28 will play out along a section of the Champs-脡lys茅es and Place de la Concorde. The 4,400 athletes taking part will compete over the following 11 days watched by up to 2.7 million spectators in venues including ones beneath the Eiffel Tower and at Versailles Palace.

91裸聊视频淲e have probably the most famous avenue in the world,91裸聊视频� Parsons said in a recent interview. 91裸聊视频淭hat is really exciting. The city is really embracing Paralympic athletes, athletes with disabilities.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲ith our games we talk a lot about inclusion and it91裸聊视频檚 a good symbol of that. That very welcoming attitude is I think a very good start to our games.91裸聊视频�

A turning point for the Paralympic movement came in London in 2012 when the host country rose to the occasion with huge ticket sales and a radically fresh approach to broadcasting it by Britain91裸聊视频檚 Channel 4.

91裸聊视频淪till the benchmark games of our movement,91裸聊视频� said Parsons, whose home nation Brazil hosted in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

To promote those Rio Paralympics, Channel 4 produced the 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e the Superhumans91裸聊视频� musical film that was a landmark of high-production values and inspirational images.

91裸聊视频淢any broadcasters come to us in their preparations in different parts of the world and they normally ask, 91裸聊视频榃hat is Channel 4 doing?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Parsons said. The IPC91裸聊视频檚 trailer inspired by McCartney91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淩upert and the Frog Song91裸聊视频� film is in that tradition.

The Paris Paralympics will have a record 164 broadcasters worldwide covering 549 events across 22 sports.

Beyond the field of play, the Paralympics has the aim 91裸聊视频� and past achievements 91裸聊视频� of changing society, especially in the host nation.

In France and Paris, Parsons, acknowledged, 91裸聊视频渢here still is a lot of work to do when it comes to the mindset of the people and their perceptions of persons with disability.

91裸聊视频淚t has progressed since they got the games in 2017 but still there is a long way to go. And it doesn91裸聊视频檛 finish with the closing ceremony.91裸聊视频�

Two weeks after the Paralympics close on Sept. 8 the United Nations hosts a global meeting Parsons hopes can drive change.

At the Summit of the Future on Sept. 22-23 the UN will measure progress towards its 17 sustainable development goals.

91裸聊视频淲e do believe our movement has, in terms of persons of disability been a little bit left behind, if you compare to other human rights movements such as gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity,91裸聊视频� Parsons said. 91裸聊视频淭hey have been more preeminent in the big debates at the highest possible level.

91裸聊视频淲e believe that these (Paris) games will be able to really remind global leaders that there is 1.2 billion persons with disabilities out there that need to be included in those conversations.91裸聊视频�

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Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press