Meet the Superhumans

When I met my now-husband, Fred, he was one semester into his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a secondary focus of rehabilitation engineering. The title of his thesis was Dynamic Analysis of Handrim Wheelchair Propulsion: Verification and Analysis of System and Pilot Testing. (And how fun is this? I just found his thesis online on Google books–he even has his very own QR code. Pretty snazzy!)

Anyway …

When we were falling in love and getting engaged and RIGHT up to our wedding (he published his thesis the week before our wedding), I spent a lot of time in his research lab, which was located in the same building as DRES (The Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services), so between his work, various campus banquets/events, and his friendships, I had the opportunity to meet a lot of people with disabilities who were, well, pretty phenomenal. I could never have even wheeled myself around campus for one day (more or less through PhDs as they were doing). Plus, their paralympic athletes are world-class. (More than 25 athletes will be competing in London later this month.)

 If you have never seen these athletes in action, I encourage you to watch and enjoy this videoclip. It’s great!

(HT: Z)