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Zach’s Audition

Miss Cellania — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:08:38 +0000

Oprah Winfrey is having a competition in which people pitch ideas for their own show. Actor and filmmaker Zach Anner of Austin, Texas is a shoe-in to get his own show, whether he wins the contest or not. However, you can vote for him at the contest website. Link -via reddit

See more of Zach’s projects on his YouTube channel. Link

Lame Duck Teaches Disabled Boy to Walk

Miss Cellania — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:31:34 +0000

Becci Lomax of Plymouth, England encountered a baby duckling that was going to be put down because of a lame leg. She took the duck in and nursed it back to health. As Lomax gave the duck, now named Ming-Ming, a dose of physical therapy every day, her 4-year-old son Finlay, who was born with cerebral palsy, watched and learned.

“This is the most amazing thing because in doing physio on the duckling, the same as I do for my son, Finlay took his first three steps after watching me doing the physio with the duckling.

“I was brimming with pride.

“Finlay uses a frame at home but even that’s increased. He said ‘I walk like the duck Mummy’,” says Becci.

Is this quack medicine? We’ll see when she gets a bill. Link -via Fark

*ducks*

Team Hoyt

Queuebot — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:00:13 +0000

[YouTube - Link]

Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-son team who have run 60 marathons (25 of them the Boston Marathon), 6 Ironman Triathlons (composed of 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 116 mile bike ride and then a 26 mile maraton), and other races for a total of nearly 1000 events.

Rick has cerebral palsy, so his dad pushes him in a wheelchair and pulls him in a raft through the water … Watch this clip for a fascinating look at Team Hoyt.

– via jaredstanley

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