Disability
Feral Children: The Genuine Existence of Humans Who Grow Up in the “Wild”
Last July, a woman was reunited with her family after having been separated from them for 38 years. Reportedly, the woman, Chhaidy, disappeared at the age of 4 from her village in Theiva, a small village in India bordering Myanmar. She survived on her own, living in the jungle with limited human contact. Throughout her [...]
Making a Difference: Volunteers and Sports Programs for the Disabled
Everyone hears about the benefits of volunteering. During almost every presidential inauguration, the president speaks about the need to serve one’s community through volunteerism. The people who end up making the decision to volunteer their time are indeed able to do their part to improve their communities. Volunteers at sports clubs for athletes with disabilities [...]
A Special Needs School in Need of Special Help
The last time Tom played organized sports in league was back in grade school when he played for his little-league baseball team. A couple weeks after joining the team, the coach pulled Tom, who has Down Syndrome, and his mom aside to talk to them privately. The coach said, in the nicest way possible, that [...]
Rolling Thunder: Racing Across America
For the Rolling Thunder Special Needs Program—a running and wheelchair racing club based in Long Island, New York for athletes with disabilities—the Sunday morning run is the last run of the training week. At 8 AM one Sunday morning in December, the distance runners on the team gathered at the gates of Connetquot State Park [...]
Grassroots Special Needs Program Seeks the Paralympic Dream
On any given Saturday morning, there are countless 5K races going on around the country. Dan Renahan, a recent college graduate of Long Island University, won one of these 5K races in 16 minutes and 20 seconds on a Saturday in September. As usual, a local newspaper reporter wrote a short article on the event [...]
Paralympian Resolve: Intellectually Disabled Athletes Return After 12-Year Ban
In the Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000, the Spanish basketball team competing in the intellectually disabled classification easily won the gold medal. In the group stages, they outscored their opponents 254-126, and in the medal round they won both of their games by more than 20 points.1 Three days later, after having received the praise [...]
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