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ESPN’s Carry On: Brotherhood, Struggle, Success within Disability
ESPN recently aired “Carry On: Why I Stayed”, a follow-up to its 2009 documentary “Carry On” featuring Cleveland-native high school wrestler’s Dartanyon Crockett and Leroy Sutton. In 2009 the sports network’s cameras followed both young men and chronicled their journey … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, blindness, carry on, crockett, dartanyon, documentary, donate, education, espn, fenn, leber's disease, leroy, lisa, low vision, mixed marial arts, mma, owusu, paraplegia, physical accessibility, sports, sutton, teddowusu, teddy, television, wrestlers, wrestling
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Custom Strides
Bespoke Innovations, Inc. is on a mission to bring an individualized, human aspect to prosthetics for people who have congenital or traumatic limb loss. Bespoke designs “Fairings”, specialized coverings created using three-dimensional scanning that surround existing prosthetics, to capture every … Continue reading
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Tagged bespoke innovations, customization, fairings, kenneth trauner, limb loss, owusu, paul g. lego, prosthetics, scott summit, teddowusu, teddy
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Iris Halmshaw: Pint-Sized Picasso
Three-year-old Iris Grace Halmshaw has set the art world abuzz. Iris has autism and is non-verbal, but her paintings speak volumes! Iris is just like any toddler—carefree, dancing in her own little world, but she struggles to interact with others … Continue reading
Living with SCI: A Legless Summer
Pascale Honore and her sons Morgan and Tom are hitting the road this summer on what they call a “Legless Summer” trip. The 50-year-old Australian native remembers growing up along the coastal town of Elliston, doing what she loved—surfing. That … Continue reading
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Tagged australia, coastal town, elliston, hitting the road, honore, living with disabilities, morgan, NARIC, owusu, paraplegia, pascale, SCI, spinal cord, spinal cord injury, summer, summer trip, surfing, swan, teddowusu, teddy, tom, tyron
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Miss, You Can Do It!
The Miss You Can Do It Pageant will be featured in a new HBO documentary airing June 24 at 9 p.m. EDT. The documentary follows eight contestants with varying disabilities as they prepare and compete in the pageant. Miss You … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 years, 2008, abbey, alexis, america, beauty, beauty queen, cerebral palsy, congenial, contest, curran, disorders, documentaries, entertainment, hbo, hbo documentary, iowa usa, living with disabilities, miss iowa, miss usa, miss you can do it pageant, NARIC, neurological disorders, non-profit, owusu, pageant, performing with disabilities, teddowusu, teddy, wineman
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MLB Historic Draft Pick
Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks franchise made history early this month by selecting Cory Hahn in the 34th round of the 2013 MLB draft. “It was a very emotional selection for us to make,” Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall said on … Continue reading
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Tagged 34, ariz, arizona diamondbacks, arizona state, arizona state university, az, baseball, baseball operations, baseball program, cory, cory hahn, derrick hall, disability employment policy, hahn, head injury, major league baseball, mater dei high school, MLB, mlb draft, mr. baseball, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), owusu, padres, san diego, san diego padres, SCI, spinal cord injury, sports, sports injury, student coach, teddowusu, teddy
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Osteoporosis Awareness
May is Osteoporosis Awareness month and in recognition, this blog will publish information on Osteoporosis along with material promoting bone health. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bones gradually become weak and likely to break; the most common of … Continue reading
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