Community Heroes
The community of people with disabilities is not short on heroes. There are people who, by letting nothing stand the way of achieving their goals, inspire others to meet their own obstacles head on. There are people who take action on behalf of others in need, or in defense of cause worth fighting.
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Born An Angel by an Angel
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine Briley Rossiter is 11 years old, and like other girls her age she likes hanging out with her friends, having sleepovers, going to movies and shopping. But Briley is not your typical 11-year-old. She has experienced a lifetime of ups and downs, joy and sadness, disappointments and happiness, and…
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Making Dreams Come True One Letter at a Time
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine One Letter at a Time is the life long story of famed marathoner and triathlete, Rick Hoyt, who together with his equally famous father, Dick Hoyt, makes up the world-renowned duo known as Team Hoyt. The story is written by both father and son with the help of writer Todd Civin.…
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A Random Act of Kindness Changes a Family’s Life ForeverAs Alexzander Prado’s Wish to Walk is Granted at Abilities Expo
That Sunday will live in the hearts and minds of everyone whose tears of joy followed 5-year-old Alexzander Prado’s amazing feat at the Southern California Abilities Expo (www.abilities.com) in the Anaheim Convention Center. This was the day that a triumphant little boy overcame his congenital cerebral palsy to walk hands-free for the very first time.…
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Being the Change
By Ana Calvo, No Barriers and Abilities Expo Ambassador If someone said five years ago I would be host and co-producer of a TV show, I would have thought they were out of their mind. It all started in the summer of 2012 when Houston Community College (HCC) did a call-out to anyone who wanted…
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Born An Angel by an Angel
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine Briley Rossiter is 11 years old, and like other girls her age she likes hanging out with her friends, having sleepovers, going to movies and shopping. But Briley is not your typical 11-year-old. She has experienced a lifetime of ups and downs, joy and sadness, disappointments and happiness, and…
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Trevair Snowden: Once Extreme, Always Extreme
By David Block It’s 1997 on one of those perfect winter days when the slopes are calling. Hot shot snowboarder Trevor “Trevair” Snowden is poised to decimate the competition. He gets ready to execute a jump. He goes up, but misjudges his landing and everything changes. Well, not everything. Yes, Snowden broke his T12 vertebrae…
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A Look at the Extraordinary Life of Bryan Anderson
By David Block, Disabled Dealer Magazine Thousands of people long to be published authors and actors, but in most cases their dreams never come true. However, that was not the case with Bryan Anderson, who lost both legs and his left hand in 2005, while serving in Iraq. The acting parts and book deals fell…
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Making Dreams Come True One Letter at a Time
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine One Letter at a Time is the life long story of famed marathoner and triathlete, Rick Hoyt, who together with his equally famous father, Dick Hoyt, makes up the world-renowned duo known as Team Hoyt. The story is written by both father and son with the help of writer Todd…
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Dynamic Duo Wins Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKid of the Year
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine I first saw brothers Conner Green and Cayden Long on Good Morning America and was immediately drawn to them. Team Long Brothers was established the summer of 2011 by Conner, a very determined 7-year-old. Conner’s little brother, 5-year-old Cayden, was diagnosed with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. Cayden can’t walk or speak. Conner had always…
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Handicap This!
It all started in the spring of 2001 when Tim Wambach stopped by a school district office on a whim. He put in an application to be a substitute teacher and that’s when the wheel of fate began to roll. Soon, he found himself face-to-face with a 12 year-old kid named Mike Berkson, a warm,…
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The Making of Not Home
By Narcel Reedus, Filmmaker Not Home, a documentary about kids living in nursing facilities, is a 99-minute feature that focuses on four interweaving stories. There’s Mathew, Qualeigh, Essie Evans and Nola Sayne—a young adult, a child and two parents whose separate lives intersect through the institutionalization of children with a developmental disability. In between each…
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New Book from Paralympic Athlete and Bionic Woman
Jennifer French, a quadriplegic and competitive sailing athlete who recently medaled at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London, has release her new book, On My Feet Again: My Journey Out of the Wheelchair Using Neurotechnology. On My Feet Again is the inspiring and intellectually stimulating story of how a determined and resourceful young woman overcame many…