athletes with disabilities

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athletes with disabilities

Young champions

it's all about attitude
2006
Profiles a number of young athletes who have had the courage to succeed in spite of their disability or handicap.

Boy in motion

Rick Hansen's story
2009
Presents the true story of Rick Hansen, whose life was changed forever when the truck in which he was riding flipped over and left him paralyzed from the waist down.

Imperfect

an improbable life
2012
The autobiography of major-league baseball player Jim Abbott, the disabled Michigan native who pitched for the Los Angeles Angels and the New York Yankees as well as other teams before retiring from the game in 1999.

Believe

the victorious story of Eric LeGrand
2012
Eric LeGrand reflects on his life, discussing his childhood, family, success in high school and college sports, football injury which resulted in paralysis, rehabilitation, and more.

Unstoppable

from underdog to undefeated : how I became a champion
2013
Wrestler Anthony Robles reflects on his life , discussing his success in wrestling despite being born without his right leg, family life, challenges, and more.

A test of will

one man's extraordinary story of survival
2004
Warren Macdonald recounts how his life was forever changed after what should have been a two-day hike up Mount Bowen became a living nightmare when he was trapped for days by a massive slab of rock.

Paralympic sports events

2010
Describes various Paralympic sports events and includes photographs and a peek at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Top 10 physically challenged athletes

2000
Profiles ten physically challenged athletes in sports history, including Jim Abbott, Three Finger Brown, and Wilma Rudolph.

Double take

Karen Brain's Olympic journey
2007
A biography of Karen Brain, whose dreams of being an Olympic equestrian rider were shattered after her horse fell on top of her during a training session, paralyzing her from the waist down, but went on to win two bronze metals from competing at the 2004 Athens Paralympic games.

Jim Abbott

1996
A biography of the determined athlete who became the first pitcher to make it to the major leagues with only one hand, playing for the California Angels, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox.

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