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Disabled people can be unsocial, stubborn, controlling, defensive and have a strong sense of inferiority, says an official Beijing Olympics guide. The manual for Olympic volunteers in Beijing is peppered with patronising comments, noting for example that physically disabled people are "often" mentally healthy.