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Goals And Determination: Ben's Inner Strength

55 minutes, 3 seconds

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Boy using a powerchair plays power soccer. Caption. Ben as narrator. To have spinal muscular atrophy.

Follows Ben, a strong, courageous young man who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. At 13, he not only concentrates on his school work, but he also is an athlete who plays power soccer and a young entrepreneur, running his company, Ben's Mends. Ben beating the odds of living with spinal muscular atrophy has gone on to prove that you can accomplish great things when you are put to the test of any given circumstance.

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Runtime: 55 minutes, 3 seconds

Topic: Counseling and Self-Help, Health and Safety, Sports and Recreation
Subtopic: Athletics, Disabilities, Diseases and Conditions
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2008
Producer/Distributor: Aquarius Health Care Videos
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Closeup of a man's legs as he prepares to kick a soccer ball against a black wall. He's wearing a black soccer uniform and black soccer cleats.

Closeup of a man's legs from the side. He is wearing black shorts and soccer cleats. Next to him is a yellow and black speed and agility ladder on an artificial grass field.

Man wearing black soccer clothes looks down at a soccer ball under his right foot while standing in a grass field.

Rear view of a man on an outdoor soccer field wearing black shorts, black soccer cleats, and a light blue shirt. He is using his left foot to guide a soccer ball around 4 small red cones.

Closeup of a boy laying with his head next to another person and smiling with his eyes closed. Caption. Sound of crowd cheering.

Group of teenagers getting ready in a gym locker room, some wearing bathing suits, others in shirts and shorts.

Woman in a football stadium wearing cheerleader uniform holds pom-poms downwards while cheering. Caption. I don't even realize there are people out there.

Woman stands with arms crossed in a dance studio. Group of individuals look on with their backs facing camera while one of them claps.

Mary, a blind woman, swims the butterfly stroke in an Olympic-sized pool. Her arms are out like big wings and her head is lifted out of the water. She wears black goggles and a black swimmer's cap as water splashes up around her.

Framed photo of Gary, a man with cerebral palsy, running in a marathon. Above the picture is a bronze metal that says, “New York City Marathon, ‘96.”