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...while she wanted to enter the lottery normally at the end of her freshman year, AEO worked to reserve an Adams room next to a wheelchair door...
...kind of a one-size fits all—put the disabled person next to the wheelchair door,” she said with a laugh...
...Lance Corporal James Crosby, outreach coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services, who reminds us what it means to keep faith with our brothers and sisters in arms. Three years ago, a rocket attack in Iraq left James with a spinal-cord injury that put him in a wheelchair, but his spirit endures, and he carries on as an inspiration to a new generation of vets...
...Planned by World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD), the event runs from Nov. 24 to Dec. 2, and is open to disabled athletes capable of standing, with or without a prosthesis (the WOVD also holds "sitting" volleyball tournaments for wheelchair-bound players). Ranked top in Asia, Cambodia is one of eight national teams competing for a trophy that local artists have fittingly sculpted from melted-down AK-47 assault rifles. Canada, the reigning champion, is the team to beat. The German squad is also highly rated. Out of the running are Afghanistan and Rwanda, who pulled their teams...
Shortly after, Kolbe, an Ohio native, began competing in her state’s Wheelchair Games which she said provided the encouraging start she needed, since an almost equal number of athletes competed as medals were granted...