Disabled Women Push Barriers in Sports

When people ask wheelchair racer Jean Driscoll, the eight-time champion of the Boston Marathon in the wheelchair division, about the obstacles faced by female athletes with disabilities, she talks about Sharon Hedrick.

In 1984, Hedrick, a wheelchair track competitor, won two gold medals in the inaugural wheelchair exhibition at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In doing so, Hedrick also broke the 800-meter women's wheelchair race record by ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Rod Amis - Aug 11, 2006 - 4:08 PM PDT
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Rod Amis
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by Rod Amis - Oct. 1, 2008

Well-written and informative report about women athletes with disabilities, their challenges and triumphed. Definitely a topic that is under-reported and deserves more attention.

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by Sydney LaCour - Sep. 29, 2009

It triggers the accurate response of interest and concern. It is a subject matter that goes undetected by audience members outside of the disabled community. The content alerts the "outsiders" to the struggles even paralympic athletes face in their field and highlights the need for equality in recognition.

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