Tag: disabled
member name: Speedy - Support Veterans
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May 08, 2008 04:21 PM EDT --
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - In one corner an aggressive panhandler. In the other a disabled, wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran who turned out not to be the underdog.
When the two met up five days ago in . . .
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July 31, 2008 09:25 AM EDT --
By Katie Spielberger CCW Staff Writer
JUNEAU - Nobody will tell you that it's easy to finish a marathon - it takes ambition, perseverance, courage and months of training.
Holly Koester is no . . .
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April 01, 2008 09:28 AM EDT --
The Washington Nationals open the 2008 regular season at home Sunday, March 30, and unveil Nationals Park-which was designed with input from the Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans). Nationals . . .
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May 13, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
Popular SCI self-care guide now freely available on the web
Washington, DC -YES, YOU CAN! , Paralyzed Veterans of America's (Paralyzed Veterans) popular self-care guide for people with spinal . . .
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June 13, 2008 08:29 AM EDT --
AURORA- Gateway High School is host this week to over 120 wheelchair bound children.
The 25th annual Colorado Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp began Monday and will conclude Friday with an awards . . .
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June 04, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
Washington, DC-When participants of the inaugural 2008 Paralyzed Veterans' Golf Open tee off, they're not just aiming for a hole in one, but they are also helping severely disabled veterans transition . . .
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June 12, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
By Connie Mertz
For The Daily Item
ELYSBURG -- Tuesday was another sweltering day for trapshooters at the Pennsylvania State Sportsman's Association State Trapshoot near Elysburg, but no . . .
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June 19, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
WASHINGTON - Another big change is come to taxi cabs in the District.
For the first time, wheelchair-accessible taxis will be available in D.C.
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning . . .
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June 04, 2008 02:29 PM EDT --
Later this summer, more wheelchair athletes from across the nation-veterans from the Greatest Generation to the latest generation-will gather to test their agility, athleticism and strength of spirit . . .
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June 17, 2008 11:06 AM EDT --
By Vahe Gregorian ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 06/15/2008
Am I dead?
Scott Winkler wondered in a haze after his freak accident with the U.S. Army in Tikrit, Iraq.
The words changed, but the . . .
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June 25, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
By ALLEN GEMAEHLICH
The Daily Sentinel
Monday, June 23, 2008
No one appreciates competing in sports more than Carl Andrews.
It's no wonder he rushes his wife, Carol, to complete the . . .
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July 29, 2008 03:52 PM EDT --
Every year, the National Veterans Wheelchair Games welcomes back familiar faces, whether they are new athletes who only started competing last year or seasoned competitors who go back decades. But for . . .
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March 07, 2008 02:41 PM EST --
Paralyzed Veterans of America's (Paralyzed Veterans) National President Randy L. Pleva, Sr. today urged Congress to close an estimated $3 billion veterans healthcare gap in President Bush's recent . . .
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March 17, 2008 04:38 PM EDT --
Michigan Stadium ('Big House') will become Accessible House
MICHIGAN-The Michigan Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America has won a groundbreaking victory to make stadiums accessible for . . .
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June 10, 2008 09:23 AM EDT --
On the FX tv show "30 Days" this Tues (6/10) at 10pm, they are going to have a former football player use a wheelchair for 30 days.
PARTICIPANT - Ray Crockett, 41
RESIDES . . .
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June 10, 2008 12:19 PM EDT --
Washington, DC-Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) thanks the many supporters who made its first Golf Open an unqualified success. The nearly 150 golfers who spent the day on the course . . .
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July 10, 2008 01:24 PM EDT --
By DAVID GAMBACORTA
Philadelphia Daily News
gambacd@phillynews.com 215-854-5994
There are no shortcuts on the road back to normalcy for the 32,484 U.S. soldiers who have been wounded in the Iraq . . .
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July 15, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
by LAREIGN WARD, Press Argus-Courier Staff
Monday, July 14, 2008 9:16 AM CDT
A local man will be competing in the world's largest annual wheelchair sporting event later this month in Omaha, . . .
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July 22, 2008 09:22 AM EDT --
Federal law could raise accessibility concerns By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jul 21, 2008 7:00:24 EDT
Army Maj. Daniel Gade doesn't think a wheelchair is the right piece of . . .
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July 31, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
OMAHA, Neb., (07/30/2008) - As disabled veterans tested their limits during the National Disabled Veterans Wheelchair Games, which wrapped up here yesterday, . . .
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