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  https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-02-09/army-reservist-becomes-first-person-in-wheelchair-to-complete-marathon-challenge?fbclid=IwAR2Y3uUQFQTHu7_uffTntuzvDIiIRnNK4B4vMQGkqX5DaDcQ_rddr6dgOY8 Darren Edwards has made history by completing seven marathons in seven days with a group of people raising money for charity. 40 people started the challenge in Russian and then travelled to Cape town, Perth, Dubai, Madrid, Fortaleza in Brazil and Miami.  - What is a marathon? -How do you complete a marathon? -What kind of person do you have to to be to complete a marathon? -Ask to children to describe a person who completes 7 marathons in 7 days - what would they look like? Darren is paralysed from the chest down after a rock-climbing accident in 2017. Since then, Darren uses a wheelchair. This is how he has made history - he is the first person using a wheelchair to complete 7 marathons in 7 days.  Here is a photo of Darren with another of the participants Darren says, "After t...

  https://www.upworthy.com/georgia-all-terrain-wheelchairs-at-state-parks Georgia USA, is making sure their parks and hiking trails are accessible to everyone. The Aimee Copeland Foundation and Georgia Department of Natural Resources have teamed up to provide a fleet of all-terrain wheelchairs in 11 of Georgia's state parks. The wheelchairs are free to use. The chairs are able to travel through mud, sand, snow and water.  The video link (in the above article) says; "Georgia Sate Parks are offering free all-terrain wheelchair rentals so people of all abilities can enjoy the great outdoors." Cory Lee is a wheelchair user and travel blogger who has covered accessible adventures throughout the world. but has never been able to explore his home town of Georgia until now, He says the chairs are life changing, giving people more independence through the parks. - What is the best thing about going to a park? - How might a visit to the park be different for a wheelchair user? - wh...

  TikTok user gets free Starbucks for life - Upworthy Tik Tok user Jontay Black visited Starbucks at an Airport last month and ordered a Strawberry Lemonade. The barista was new to the role and was having trouble completing the order. Jontay said the drink was “nothing fancy,” but the barista was having a hard time getting the drink right. He says she basically kept messing up the order and keeping Jontay waiting. Some people might have complained as the new barista struggled, but Jontay kept calm and made supportive, encouraging remarks; “I was just being polite, like, it’s OK, everybody has bad days, because I’ve been having a bad day myself.” What Jontay didn’t know was that a Starbucks exec was watching the situation. When Jontay finally got his order, the exec approached him to say, “I’m an exec from Starbucks and I watched your experience from beginning to end, and you were so polite with our people that I’ve got something for you.” The exec handed Jontay a Starbucks gi...

  https://scoop.upworthy.com/girl-born-with-uncombable-hair-syndrome-embraces-fuzzy-mane-548646?fbclid=IwAR00mxh3UEoG3fIkkxYmeXSWkAL1Sz_8rv0UGrtGMbsloATGHvutG5NatEE Shilah Madison lives in Melbourne, Australia and is 11 years old. Shilah is inspiring thousands of people across the globe by embracing her difference. Shilah has different hair; it's called "uncombable hair syndrome" which means her hair cannot be combed flat, it feels dry and frizzy.  Ever since she was a baby, Shilah has faced comments about her hair from people in the street and in her school; "I get teased a lot and get called Fluffhead - it's not nice." "I personally like it now, but at the same time I hate it - especially when there's wind! Let's just say I can't see!" Shilah'a mother says she knew her baby was different when she was three months old; "Her brown baby hair had fallen out as it should but this weird fuzz started to come through and grow straigh...

    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/west-bromwich/2023/01/05/bus-driver-top-of-the-pops-after-becoming-youtube-hit/?fbclid=IwAR1Apldp8qksf0F24jy5JMgUF2Q7Zm2Jb2l6chrJGy0IpvCgD5WeoeS5JqQ Ranjit Singh works for National Express in West Bromwich. Ranjit loves his job and recently he made a video to show friends and family living in India what he does and who he works with. The video has been viewed thousands of time and is being praised by other bus drivers. You can watch the video in the link above. Ranjit says, "I have worked at National Express for 13 years and take great pride in what I do. There's a real team spirit and I wanted to do something that celebrated the many different communities that we have at our West Bromwich depo and how we all work together as one team." In the song, Ranjit sings in Punjabi and there are English subtitles. Watch the video and ask the children which lines are about No Outsiders: "From different countries broth...

  https://www.today.com/parents/s-n-t-adorable-girl-signs-kindergarten-holiday-concert-deaf-2D11729731 The photo shows Claire, 5 years old and from Florida, USA, signing her Christmas concert for her deaf parents. The video, which is in the link above, went viral. Claire is very enthusiastic and used animated facial expressions to make sure her parents understand all the words. Claire’s mum commented, “She is  full of personality; that’s the Claire we know.” Both Claire’s mum and dad were born deaf and they have two children who can hear. Claire and her sister Charlotte have used sign language since birth as well as learning to speak. Mum says sign language is the first language in their home. “We don’t use our daughter as an interpreter, but if there was something we missed, she would likely relay it to us. Claire used sign language in the play because she was considerate of us and wanted us to understand the lyrics to the song. She was signing to her parents, looking right i...

  https://scoop.upworthy.com/school-teaches-all-its-student-sign-language-to-communicate-with-deaf-cafeteria-worker-wholesome?fbclid=IwAR0yRXm04RXfvAxfk0tHUVlH6OJrRhraEMnJMagFKpO4ueprrcJWhOVdV14 Leisa Duckwall works in the cafeteria in Nansemond Parkway Elementary school in Virginia, USA. She has worked there for four years serving food to students and in those four years, no students have ever communicated with her, other then to point at food.  Why do you think this is? Leisa is deaf and no one at the school has take the time to learn sign language, so in four years no-one has ever communicated a "good morning" or a "thank you" to her as she serves food.  Everything changed when one of the teachers, who knows sign language, struck up a casual conversation with Leisa while wating for her class to be served. Kari Maskelony has friends who are deaf and she knows how to communicate. She says, "I noticed that all the kids realised Ms Duckwall couldn't hear the...