Amputee Veterans Teach Sports to Kids Who Also Lost Limbs (Video)
Veterans who have learned to cope without limbs are instilling confidence in young amputees by teaching them to play softball at a camp in Louisville, Kentucky. (Video)
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Viewer's Generosity Changes Afghan Boy's Life
Caught in an Afghanistan firefight, 12 year-old Obaid lost both his legs, but refused to give up. He was being measured for prosthetics by the Red Cross when NBC News first featured his story in a televised report. A Boston-area grandmother was touched by what she saw and decided to help from 7000 miles away.
Told He Couldn't Run a Race With a Walker, He Started His Own 3K
Sebastian, who is a very determined 19 year-old living with Cerebral Palsy, tried to enter a race as a contestant in 2009 but the organizers wouldn't allow it. He then decided with his therapist and 30 other special needs children to organize their own all-inclusive race. The hardworking young man trained with his walker for three years until he finally achieved his goal of walking 1.5 miles.
Man With Cerebral Palsy, Autism Starts Can Collecting Business
With every can or bottle he collects and returns, Tyler Laviolette takes one step closer to fulfilling the dream of his parents, who wanted him to live a normal, independent and productive life despite being born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed with autism.
Lonely Boy Now Has a Million Friends After Mom Created Facebook Page
A Michigan mom, whose son told her there was no point to having a birthday party because he had no friends, has surely altered the course of the boy's life by created a Facebook page for his 11th birthday asking friends and family to send him positive thoughts. She thought she might get 50 responses, if all went well, but -- you guessed it -- the social media world exploded and after a week, the page had 50,000 fans. Now in its tenth day the page, which is a secret from her son, has 1.1 million likes!
Deaf Fullback Stars in Commercial That Will Give you Chills
Through adversity, pro football running back Derrick Coleman trusted his inner strength. Although he is deaf, the Seattle Seahawks player never let anything stand in his way, on his road to the NFL. The first deaf offensive player in the NFL, Coleman is featured in a new Duracell advertisement that talks about trusting the power within.
Autistic Man's Gift for IKEA Assembly Turns into Business
Canadians in Edmonton who are baffled by assembly instructions for IKEA furniture can hire Brad Fremmerlid, a 24-year-old man with severe autism who can build anything. Although he doesn't read or speak, Fremmerlid has an amazing ability to understand the most complex diagrams, blueprints and pictorial instructions.
Soldier Who Suffered Severe Injuries in Iraq Inspires Town with Positive Attitude
When the students in a U.S. history classes learned that local war hero Jerral Hancock had once got stuck in his modest mobile home for half a year when his handicapped-accessible van broke down, and that the hallways of his tiny house were so narrow he couldn't get his wheelchair through most of them, they decided to build him a home. And, that's just what they did.
Engineering Students Design Robotic Arm for Teen With Brittle Bones
It was a big day for Dee Faught when a team of Rice University students gave him a helping hand. In fact, they gave him a whole arm. The bioengineering students took two years to perfect their R-ARM, a robotic device for Faught that fits on his motorized chair and uses a video game controller for manipulating the movements.
Quadriplegic Woman on the Love Behind Her 31-year Marriage
Joni Eareckson from Agoura Hill, California, has been wheelchair-bound since the age of 17, after severing her spinal cord in a diving accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down. She met able-bodied Ken Tada in her early 30s. She jokes that she knew Ken was the one when he willingly changed her urine bag on the first date. She loved his sense of humor about her disability.
Blind Man Builds His Own House, Fulfills Dream
48-year-old Thomas Graham is building a house in Texas pretty much by himself. And although that job alone isn't remarkable, just imagine trying to put up a three-bedroom, two-bath ranch without any blueprints -- and doing it in total darkness. Thomas says he started dreaming of this shortly after the day he went blind at the age of 18
Guinness Ad About Friendship Through Adversity Will Make Your Day
An inspiring new television ad from the Guinness brewery has been viewed by more than 7 million people across YouTube along with the caption: Dedication. Loyalty. Friendship. The choices we make reveal the true nature of our character.
Standing Ovation: Wheelchair-bound University Student Walks Across Stage at Graduation
The University of Portland gave a standing ovation this month to one of their own, Sam Bridgman, a finance major who was forced into a wheelchair by a condition known as Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a rare, degenerative disorder that causes progressive loss of muscle strength. It was graduation day and Sam was determined to walk across the stage to get his diploma. When he did, the entire arena lifted him up with prolonged cheers.
Laws of Physics Can't Trump the Bonds of Love
A high school physics teach became well known in Louisville, Ky., for his exploding antics in the classroom. But Jeffrey Wright's most influential lecture is delivered annually teaching the life-lessons learned via Mr. Wright's son, who has a developmental disorder.
Waiter Defends Boy with Down Syndrome, Refuses to Serve Table
Two families seated in neighboring booths at a Texas restaurant produced a situation ending with neighborly support for a special needs child. After the waiter took an emotional stand for one of the families, support is flowing in from all over, thanking the waiter and the restaurant called Laurenzo's near Houston.
Statue Of Liberty Opens To Disabled Visitors for First Time
126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A ceremony on October 28 marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
23-Year-old 'Hears Music' for the First Time: Mozart Blew Me Away
Austin Chapman was born profoundly deaf and says he has never understood why people were so moved by music. But that changed two weeks ago, when he tried a new modern hearing device for the first time.
Egyptian Orchestra Spotlights All-Blind Female Musicians
From its musical sounds, it's just like any other professional orchestra. But the assembly of white-veiled Egyptian women in matching black gowns has a startling difference. Every woman in the orchestra is blind. The women in Cairo's Egyptian Blind Girls Chamber Orchestra first study the songs in braille, memorizing every note on their sheet music. The group has already performed on five continents and in 24 countries.
Police Help Blind Novelist Recover Pages Written Without Ink
Part of a novel lost when a blind woman's pen ran out without her knowing has been salvaged with the help of a local forensic police team.
Paralyzed Bride Says 'I Do' After Getting Home Makeover and Wedding Donated
A freak accident during her bachelorette party left Rachel Chapman in a wheelchair. Despite the upheaval, there was never any doubt the two would get married.Last week Rachel finally got to wear her wedding dress, at an marriage ceremony and reception donated by the folks at 1-800-Registry, who heard their story on the Today show.
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