This was handled totally wrong..it's a chance to teach young people a life lesson..and was totally botched.
She cannot do the splits. She cannot climb upon the shoulders of another. She cannot part of the pyramid. Put simply, she cannot do what is required of anyone else who wants to be a cheerleader.
Why must the world revolve around her because she has a disability? Instead of finding what she CAN do and doing that "fearlessly", she's demanding that the world bend to her.
If she's so fearless and feels driven to "cheer", she could start a cheer squad independent of the official school sanctioned squad that is specifically designed to accentuate the things she and others on the squad CAN do. That would likely be much more welcomed by the students (and the school) than her forcing everyone else to conform to her desires.
Handicapped people are created as much in the image of God as any other person, but there are simply things they cannot do. It's delusional for them to try to pretend that is not the case, and we do them no favors by condescending to them because it's "cute" or "heartwarming" to do so. And it is selfish for them to demand that everyone else change just so they can fulfill some desire.