Challenged Athletes Foundation (“CAF”) Grant, Approved.

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Comments Posted on May 05, 2012 Last Updated May 12, 2012 Posted by Jacob

Top End Carbon Fiber Hand-Cycle Rims for Invacare Force-R

Top End Carbon Fiber Rims for Force-R Hand-Cycle. So Sweet…

This past week I was approved for a disabled athlete grant from the Challenged Athletes Foundation (“CAF”), which I applied for in September 2011. I was issued a voucher for Top End carbon fiber rims as an upgrade to my Force-R hand-cycle. My experience with CAF was indeed a good one, and I wanted to share the useful information with everyone.

The Challenged Athletes Foundation’s flagship program “Access for Athletes” steps in where health insurance and rehabilitation end by providing funding grants for equipment such as rugby wheelchairs, hand-cycles, mono-skis (aka sit-ski), and sports prosthetics.

2012 ING Miami Marathon On A Hand-Cycle

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Comments Posted on Feb 12, 2012 Last Updated Feb 13, 2012 Posted by Jacob

Each year ING hosts a marathon in Downtown Miami called the ING MIAMI. It’s a 26.2 mile marathon specifically for runners. Although, the nice people who organize the ING Miami marathon allow disabled athletes to hand-cycle 5 minutes prior to the official start.

I live in West Palm Beach, which is 1-2 hours away from Miami depending on traffic. For this reason, my wife and I stayed at a hotel down in Miami the night before the race. The marathon started promptly at 6:00am the next morning, and I needed to be there at 5:00am to get ready. Just the thought of waking up at 4:15am in the morning made me want to vomit.

MURDER BALL aka Wheelchair Rugby For the First Time…

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Comments Posted on Nov 10, 2011 Last Updated Nov 10, 2011 Posted by Jacob

A couple weeks ago a friend invited me to a quad-rugby practice with his West Palm Beach team. I apologize in advance for not explaining the rules in detail. I would, but I’m a noob who knows very little. All I know is, it’s a quadriplegic sport where teams of 4 slam into each other as hard and fast as possible across a basketball court. In between the slamming, a ball is passed between the team. The object is to roll past the goal line with the ball. The only thing is, the 4 guys on the other team are there to make sure you don’t go forward.

Given the fact that I’m a paraplegic, I could never officially compete with the team. But when my buddy told me they were short a few guys, I jumped, yes jumped, at the chance to practice with them.

Arno’s Story: Finding Light After Dark

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Comments Posted on Aug 18, 2011 Last Updated Jan 31, 2012 Posted by Jacob

Here’s my story, things I’ve been through, my ups and downs, especially the first years after my accident.

I’m from the Netherlands.

I’m at this moment a married man, 49 years young, 2 kids, one is 19 years old and one is 11.

But I’ll start from the beginning. After kindergarden, I did 6 years of school and after that 6 years high school. Then I realized a job in an office wasn’t the thing I was born for, and started to learn as a car mechanic. That was when I met my girlfriend, who is now still my wife. I really liked cars, but as it was a duty for every 18-19 year old boy, I had to join the army.

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