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Teen Encourages Classmates To Take Students With Disabilities To Prom

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Henderson, Foothill High School, Video, Wheelchair, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Meagan Baker, Prom, Nevada, Spinal Cord Tumor, Ben Bunker, Senior Prom, Handicapped, Impact News

Ben Bunker had never been to a school dance. The Foothill High School senior suffers from a spinal cord tumor and navigates his away around the hal...

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Bonding With My Boy, From A Wheelchair

Cory Zacker | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Parent With Disability, Dad With Disability, Wheelchair, Disabled Parenting, Paralyzed Father, Paralysis and Parenting, Parents News

With virtually no use of the muscles in his mid-section, maintaining trunk balance can be very challenging for my wheel-chair bound husband when both hands are occupied. Ever try diapering, feeding, holding, soothing a newborn with one hand? Let me know how you do.

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Are You Decent?

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Law, Patriots, Acts of Kindness, George Washington Cherry Tree, Broadcast Indecency, Kindness, United States, Morals, Citizens United, Common Decency, Handicapped, Moral Values, Politics, Decency, Handicapped Parking, Patriotism, Wheelchair, Preamble, George Washington, American History, Communications Decency Act, Freedom, Self-Respect, Regular Acts of Kindness, Respect, Morality, Society, Civil Society, Sprituality, Gratitude, Impact News

I learned long ago not to use God to justify my actions, to act like I'm superior to anyone else, or to rationalize my false need to control the lives of my fellow man and woman. Instead, I try my level best to cultivate my decency, and pray for other Americans to do the same.

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Police Recover 80-Year-Old Man's Stolen Wheelchair

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Video, Wendy Deemer, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Robbery, Crime, Crime News, Dana Huard, Maine, Crime News

Police in Lewiston, Maine said a wheelchair that was stolen from a man Sunday outside his home has been returned. According to family members, Dana...

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Some Thoughts From an Invisible Monster

Scottie Thomaston | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Paralysis, Wheelchair, Disability, Paraplegic, Disabled, Life as a Paraplegic, Paraplegic Visibility, Life With a Disability, Paraplegic Life, Invisible Monsters, Healthy Living News

I'm invisible -- my disability is invisible -- when someone's up close. But when they can stand far away, it's the only thing they notice about me. No one sees me, but everyone looks at me.

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4 Paralyzed Women On New Reality Show: You Don't Have To Look Away

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Reality TV, Little-People-Big-World, Video, Wheelchair, Sarah Barnett, Ruby, Auti Angel, Angela Rockwood, Mia Shaikewitz, Gay Rosenthal, Push Girls, Tiphany Adams, Sundance Channel, Impact News

For the four paralyzed women starring in a new reality series, the show is about pushing right through stereotypes, disappointments and career obstacl...

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WATCH: Thief Steals 10-Year-Old Disabled Boy's Wheelchair

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Disabled, Dominic Pico, Video, Wheelchair, Stolen Wheelchair, Thanksgiving, Heather Pico, Disability, Philadelphia, Disabled Children, Theft, Impact News

A Philadelphia mother is devastated after the reported theft of her 10-year-old son's wheelchair just two days after Thanksgiving. Heather Pico, ...

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Astoria Characters: The Wheelchair Gardener

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Astoria, Wheelchair, LaGuardia Community College, Kaman Fong, Hong Kong, Two Coves Community Garden, Astoria Characters, China, Tai Chi, Astoria Houses, Grocery Store, Compost, Methane Gas, Italy, Bronx, New York News

Kaman Fong, along with other gardeners, is working on a waste-to-energy project she conceived that is designed to turn compost into low-cost and clean, sustainable energy.

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PHOTO: Gaga Performs In Wheelchair, Gets Egged

Posted 09.12.2011

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Forget the "Edge of Glory," this time Lady Gaga has gone way over the edge. At a concert in Sydney on Wednesday, Lady Gaga rolled out (literally) for ...

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Astoria Characters: The Man in Transit

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Madfog.net, Wheelchair, Legg-Perthes Disease, Murder at Transit, High Noon, Astoria Characters, Spondylolisthesis, MTA-NYC Transit, Poetry in Motion, The Taking of Pelham 123, Metrocard, New York Transit Museum, Astoria, New York News

You can get mad. You can get sad. You can get even. Or, like Clif Militello, you can do all three. By writing a book. Of fiction (wink, wink).

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Last Gasp: Q&A With Osama bin Laden

John Bobey | Posted 07.11.2011

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Osama... Osama bin Laden -- is that you? Yes, yes it is -- who is this? It's me, John Bobey.

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Clint Black Pushes Unbeaten Wheelchair Racers Toward Oscar

Tamara Henry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steven Barber, Unbeaten, Wheelchair, Vanilla Fire Productions, Entertainment News

In a time of mega-million-dollar special effects and 3-D spectaculars, it's reassuring to know that a good story with heart and soul can still move the Academy.

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Handicap Inaccessibility: My Pet Peeve for the New Year

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Subway, Parkinson's Disease, Parking, Public Transit, Wheelchair, Health Insurance, Handicapped, New York News

I am discovering that (1) the world is not set up for people who have difficulty walking or are in wheelchairs and (2) I was blind to most of these problems in the past.

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A Man Named Tim: A Special Olympic Experience

Nikki Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Several years ago I was invited to a charitable conference called the Glocal Forum. The Forum was a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promoti...

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Jason Hansen's Story: Firefighters Help Paralyzed Man Be Self-Sufficient

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phoenix Firefighters, Wheelchair, Jason Hansen, Phoenix, Giving Back, Disability, Pay It Forward, Handicapped, Impact News

Each night, Jason Hansen spends four tedious hours showering and dressing for his night shift at a Phoenix Walmart. Because the left side of Hansen's ...

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Karen Longoria And The Hometown Heroes Project: Town Builds Home For Her Disabled Family

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Kacmarcik, Wheelchair, Hometown Heroes, Karen Longoria, Recession, Grafton Wisonsin, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Video, Impact News

While single mother Karen Longoria was working hard to raise her three children and wage her own battle with breast cancer, she was dealt another diff...

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Kristina Ripatti-Pearce: Paralyzed Former Police Officer Competes In 'Race Across America' To Send L.A. Kids To College

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race Across America, Wheelchair, Operation Progress, Handcycle, Police, Wheelchair Races, Los Angeles Police Department, Kristina Ripatti-Pearce, Lapd, Impact News

Four years ago, Los Angeles police officer Kristina Ripatti-Pearce was paralyzed when she was shot while responding to a robbery in progress. Despite ...

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Wheelchair-Bound Tourist Viciously Beaten At Train Station (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia Crime, Australia, Wheelchair, Man Dumped From Wheelchair, Cctv, Video, World News

Police in Australia have charged two assailants who beat a wheelchair-bound Canadian tourist with a metal bar. The man, 35, had been heading to his g...

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Stem Cell Research Up Close

Robert Slayton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wheelchair, Stem Cell Research, Bush, Physical Disabilities, Stem Cells, Politics News

Under the Bush administration we lost eight years stem cell research that might have helped me. At my age I don't have those eight years to spare.

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Cheney In Wheelchair For Inauguration

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday's inauguration ce...

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