Meet Caren Landis - adapted sports daredevil with a sweet-tooth and great advice! "I like when people ask me questions, it’s funny when I hear little kids say, if I roll by them, wow, look at that! Or, that’s cool. Or... oh, I want one!" Meet Carrie Flowers, T10 paraplegic from Texas. She loves camping, teaching science to middle schoolers, and exploring the world. "I'm very passionate about, not just fitness in itself, but... getting out of the house is very symbolic to everything in life. It's getting over that next step, where that physical action becomes a metaphorical action." - Brett Smith "If someone has to go to Delhi from Bihar, then they can’t go by foot. They go by train, by flight or by bus. Similarly, if we have to go outside... then the wheelchair takes the place of our legs." Meet Jonathan Sigworth - extreme unicyclist, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. Meet Gabriel Felix - "I thought I was gonna be in the bed and be a vegetable... thought I lost everything. Then a light sparked, and I saw that people in wheelchairs lived a more normal life than people that are walking." Meet Erik Kondo, superbly skilled wheelchair-boarder and inventor. "Life is not fair, and honestly I wouldn't want life to be fair because if everything were always fair it's actually pretty boring." Meet Brenda Guevara - she's here, she's alive, and she's strong! "Because learning how to transfer onto a bar-top stool is an important skill to acquire." Tyler Fielstra - T12 Incomplete Paraplegic from Connecticut, USA, less than 1 year post-injury11/15/2018
Meet Joe Stone, a proud father and husband who believes that getting involved in your community by joining a support group or adaptive sports is life changing. "A step is just a metaphor for moving forward," says Andrew, former firefighter, proud father, and wood craftsman. Meet Mike Hurlock, a family therapist and an avid gamer with his nephews. "Life is more than just an injury." Meet Alfredo, whose faith drives him and gives him hope for each new day. Meet Nakeitha Rose. Though she still struggles with her disability and wishes she knew then what she knows now, she believes you should always keep learning to become more independent. Joseph Newson Jr. - C7/T1 Incomplete Quadriplegic from Connecticut, USA, 1st year post-injury11/15/2018
Meet Joseph Newson Jr. - once a ninja, always ninjaesque. Meet Bill Mancini, an exemplary teacher whose disability became an asset for connecting with students and parents. Jonathan Hobbs - C2/3 Complete Quadriplegic from Massachusetts, USA, 20 years post-injury11/15/2018
Meet Jonathan Hobbs, the coolest history buff you'll ever run into at the beach. Meet Yesenia Torres, who never takes "no" for an answer and always has a plan: "There's nothing that exists that you can't do in your wheelchair." Meet Mason Ellis - a YouTuber and disability advocate living life just like an abled-body person. Jaiber Murillo - C6 Completo Cuadripléjico del Valle de Cauca, Colombia, USA, 7 años post-lesión11/15/2018
Conoce a Jaiber Murillo, que ama la velocidad y la aventura en su silla de ruedas. Meet Darrell Ruopp - occupational therapist, father, and wheelchair basketball player. |
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