high school basketball coach in Rochester, NY, who, for the last game of the season, let somebody play who'd never even suited up before -- an autistic boy who'd helped with water, towels and practices. He absolutely caught fire on the court, launching 3-pointers through the net one after another.
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Thanks to the kindness of an Irish princess during the Renaissance, the town of Geel has been helping visitors with mental illness ever since.
All Brittany wanted was to dance with her wheelchair-confined father at her wedding. A few training sessions later, they were rocking the dance floor.
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When a man rolled off the platform and onto the train tracks yesterday around 1:00pm, one man jumped right in after him, and another soon followed.
Prince Harry had fun last week playing a game of wheelchair AFL with wounded soldiers from the Australian Army.
All Ms. Carroll wanted for her 75th birthday was a cake—and when her wheelchair left her stranded mid-trip, two officers stepped in to make sure she felt loved.
When Officer Joe Hutson spotted a man in a wheelchair trying to mow his lawn, he and his partner, Officer John Khillah, took over the job and brought skill.
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