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Grit & disabled well being

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Derrick Coleman Hopes to Inspire Kids to Overcome Obstacles

The hearing-impaired Seattle Seahawks fullback is out with his inspirational memoir, “No Excuses.”

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Pure Grit: Stories of Remarkable People Living with Physical Disability

Nineteen people from across the globe, ranging in age from twenty to seventy-plus, tell their stories of living and thriving in diverse fields — in sport, the arts, medicine, business and more.

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The Psychology of Grit

Grit is very good to call upon in problematic situations like becoming paralyzed.

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Disabled People Who Play Professional Sports

Sports are obviously full of strong people, you can’t argue with that. But there are some professional athletes in the world who can definitely give the word “strong” a whole new meaning.

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Lucky

From tragedy to triumph, one step at a time—an inspirational story of triumph over adversity against the odds At just 28 years old, Ed Jackson was told he would never walk again.

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Betrayed by My Body, Not by Life

In the end, I fall back on one statement that I repeat to myself pretty often. “We are not given the burdens we deserve, we are given the burdens we can bear.”

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From War Hero to White Coat: A Wounded Veteran’s Journey to Harvard Medical School

Seven years before Greg Galeazzi put on a white coat at Harvard Medical School, he wore Army fatigues while serving a year-long deployment in Afghanistan.

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Tough as They Come

Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier’s story. Thousands of soldiers die every year to defend their country.

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How Lorenza Bottner’s Prescient Art Created Space for Disabled and Trans People

At Documenta 14, the 2017 edition of the touted art festival that takes place once every five years in Kassel, it was an artist heretofore unknown to much of the art world who stole the show: Lorenza Böttner, a German painter, dancer, and performance artist who, in the ’80s and ’90s, began...

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Using Eyes as Opportunities to Strengthen Emotional Intelligence | Melissa DiVietri | TEDxDetroit

How emotional intelligence strengthens your relationships to be more empathetic and self-aware of your surroundings. Learn how survivor Melissa DiVietri, overcomes daily challenges as a permanently disabled person who defines limitations.

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