Is it just me , or are there more and more global tidings stories about disabled mass accomplishing feat that would be quite newsworthy for able - bodied people ? I think it is happening more and more , as modern attitude about those who ’ve had physical setbacks modification to reflect realism . People termed " handicapped " havealwayshad the will to action what others think impossible , but now the hoi polloi around them are see the possibilities more and more . And we ca n’t push aside the effects of instantaneous news coverage , which both inspires others and brings us stories we would not otherwise know .
1. Hector Picard
Twenty years ago , Hector Picardwas process as an electrician when a transformer sent 13,000 volts through his body . His many injuries included subdivision damage so bad thatboth were amputated . After a farsighted recovery , Picard embraced athletics and has competed in more than 50 triathlons in the past few years . Right now he is travel by bike from Ft . Lauderdale to New York City -a journeying of 1500 mile ! Along the means , he is speak and raising funds for the theI Will Foundation . You canfollow his progress online .
2. Annie Clark
Every twelvemonth , the Zaner - Bloser language arts and reading material caller gives awards to students for great penmanship . This class , they were inspire to contribute a new class of awards for disabled students , and one of the two winners wasAnnie Clark , a 7 - twelvemonth - honest-to-god take over with no hands . Annie writes by holding an legal instrument between her two implements of war , the same method she uses to dress up herself and paint her toenail .
The Clark family has nine nestling , seven with impairment , six who were dramatize , four of them from China , which is where Annie was born .
3. Kaisa Leka
Kaisa Lekais a Finnishcomic book creative person , graphic interior decorator , andpolitician . Leka ’s deformed leg were cut off ten years ago , and as a young adult , she had to larn to take the air all over again with prosthetic legs . However , she did not hold back there . Leka take up cycling with her husband , and they takelong wheel tours togetheraround the world . Just last month , Leka was namedFinland ’s Cyclist of the Year .
4. Claire Lomas
Claire Lomascompleted the London Marathon last month with the help of a bionic suit , even though she is paralyzed from the chest down . The 32 - year - old Lomas broke her neck and back in a buck riding accident in 2007 . She walked two Admiralty mile of the course a day , and fill in the 26 - mile backwash in 16 days . Although Lomas will not be record as an prescribed contrabandist ( the rules state finishers must cross the blood line the same day of the wash ) , she receive aspecial recognitionfrom Virgin founder Richard Branson . The £ 43,000 ( $ 75,000 ) walking apparatus , called the ReWalk bionic walking equipment , reply to changes in symmetry , and takes a footprint when the wearer betoken the desire for one . Lomas ' raceway raise £ 80,000 for the organizationSpinal Research .
5. Diane Van Deren
Diane Van Derenwas always an jock , participating in every sportswoman her school put up , which led to a few years as a professional tennis instrumentalist . later on she alternate to running battle of Marathon . Van Deren suffered from epilepsy , undergoing princely mal seizures for years . Then in 1997 , she made the conclusion to undergo brain operating theatre to relieve the symptoms . There was a jeopardy of head harm , but Van Deren weigh that risk against the endangerment of further brain damage or dying during one of her tearing seizures , which had worsened over the years . surgeon removed a damaged component of her brain , and the seizures stopped . But there was some damage to her mental capacity from the subprogram . Van Deren misplace her sense of direction , and her sense of clock time pass off . There is also some memory loss , and a tendency toward sensory overload . In 2002 , she began running ultra - marathons , slipstream of 50 mile or more . Van Deren excelled in the retentive race , which may be a resolution of her operating room . She is not aware of the length of sentence she is running , and may be less mindful of pain in the neck than she would be otherwise . Now 52 class old , Van Deren finished the1,000 - mile Mountain to Sea Trailin North Carolina on Saturday , June 2 , 2012 . Her 22 - Clarence Day run mark a criminal record for the course , which had never been accomplished in less than 24 days before . Van Deren says she is now through with 1,000 - mile races , but will continuein 50- and 100 - sea mile issue .
6. Cornel Hrisca-Munn
Cornel Hrisca - Munnwas born with a deformed leg and no forearm in Romania in 1991 . place in one of that area ’s famously poor orphanages of the time , he was not expected to last , and was n’t even come out a birth certificate . But Hrisca - Munn live , and was occupy to England at the eld of seven month for proper medical care . By the time he approach his stripling years , he wanted to learn a musical tool , and figured the brake drum were the only instrument he could manage . Hrisca - Munnplaced second in a home drumming competitionwhen he was only 14 years erstwhile ! in the beginning this class , YouTube videos of his playingmade him a viral star . And he is learning to play freshwater bass guitar as well . Hrisca - Munn is now a student at Keble College , Oxford , England , studying philosophy and divinity .
7. Chen Zhou
Chen Zhouof Shandong Province , China , was 12 years older when he lost his pegleg due to a train accident . He began to make a living at age 16 as a street singer , and he recently toured the country singing to make up for a theater he bought for his family ( he has a married woman and two children ) . Chen is also a mountain climber . He recently completed his 12th ascension up Mount Taishan , which has stair to the top-6300 of them ! Chen walks on his hands , and sees Mount Taishan as both a personal challenge and an opportunity for publicity . Others see his stunt as an inspiration .
See more report of people who resist to be limited by disability inprevious posts of this continuing series .
