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Car Dealer Makes Local Special Needs Teen Part of the Team

"Moderate mental retardation" is a particularly cruel diagnosis for a boy obsessed with cars. It meant that Jake would not be able to drive a car. But, everything changed when his family pulled into the Ford dealership in Apple Valley and, for the first time, a salesmen did more than pay Jake a passing glance.

Paralyzed Girl Succeeds in Getting Out of Wheelchair

Vanessa Cantu considers herself an incredibly optimistic person. When she was a freshman in high school she was involved in a serious car accident. Her seat belt didn't work and without its support her spine broke and she suffered severe, internal injuries. From that point on Cantu's life became fixated on finding a way out of her wheelchair and back on her feet.

Lowe's Employees Jump to Help, Fix Disabled Vet's Broken Wheelchair 

Michael Sulsona, who lost both his legs after stepping on a land mine as a soldier in Vietnam, was lucky to be in his neighborhood Lowe's hardware store recently when his wheelchair broke down. Three employees stayed an hour past the store's closing time to fix the old wheelchair, and did so without any charge to the Marine veteran.