Wheelchair Challenge
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Browse Full-length Non-member Titles![Blonde teenage boy who uses a wheelchair to get around teaches a dark-haired, able-bodied teenager how to use a wheelchair outside of a brick school building. Caption. I'm gonna teach you how to use this.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/6209_1.jpg)
Part of the "My Brand New Life" series. Rahaim, an able-bodied individual, discovers how tricky it can be to get around in a wheelchair. School corridors and crowded sidewalks become obstacle courses. He meets Shane, also a basketball player, who lost his legs after a childhood illness. Shane teaches him that a physical handicap can be an opportunity to blossom in many different ways.
Media Details
Runtime: 23 minutes 45 seconds
- Topic: Counseling and Self-Help, Health and Safety, Social Science, Sports and Recreation
- Subtopic: Athletics, Disabilities, Multiculturalism, Sports and Games
- Grade/Interest Level: 4 - 8
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- Release Year: 2004
- Producer/Distributor: Film Ideas, Inc
- Series: My Brand New Life
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