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UnfairRepresent 10/26/17 6:29:11 PM #1:	These students are making sure that everyone can enjoy a little Halloween magic no matter their disabilities. 16-year-old Alex Hayes has trouble dressing up for the spooky holiday because she uses a wheelchair due to her rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B. As a means of including Alex in on the fun, a team of students and alumni from the Virginia Commonwealth University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry spent eight weeks and 200 hours of work building a costume for Alex. The students first met Alex back in August. After chatting with her and her family, they discovered that Alex had an affinity for farm animals. So, the team set up shop in a rental storage unit and started building a barn costume that could fit on top of the youngsters wheelchair. Measuring in at 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide, the finished foam costume featured everything from hay bales, to a decorated sign reading Alexs Barn. When the costume was finished, Alex made her big debut during a costume party this weekend. All of her friends and family even the dog were dressed as farm animals in celebration of the teens costume. Her grandfather, who was dressed as Old McDonald, pushed her wheelchair out to the spectators and her eyes lit up with joy. This is not the first time that the VCU students have made a special costume for a differently-abled child the team works in partnership with Magic Wheelchairs: a nonprofit that builds Halloween costumes for children in wheelchairs. Ryan Weimer, the founder of Magic Wheelchairs, first got the idea for the nonprofit after he built a pirate costume for his son with muscular dystrophy in 2008. The costume was featured on so many social media channels and news outlets, that other parents started reaching out to Weimer asking for help building their own wheelchair costumes. Weimers brother Travis, who is a student at the VCU School of Dentistry, worked with Ryan on Alexs barn creation, as well as a turtle costume they built for a girl named Chloe last year. This is becoming a tradition that I hope VCU will continue, said one of the students. Because little girls like Chloey and Alex will never forget the impact that Magic Wheelchair and the volunteers made when they dressed up as their favorite things and had the time of their lives. Full Article: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/students-spend-200-hours-making-halloween-costume-girl-rare-mutation/ Daww --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair. https://imgtc.com/i/14JHfrt.jpg <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:889207830] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote>These students are making sure that everyone can enjoy a little Halloween magic no matter their disabilities. 16-year-old Alex Hayes has trouble dressing up for the spooky holiday because she uses a wheelchair due to her rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B. As a means of including Alex in on the fun, a team of students and alumni from the Virginia Commonwealth University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry spent eight weeks and 200 hours of work building a costume for Alex. The students first met Alex back in August. After chatting with her and her family, they discovered that Alex had an affinity for farm animals. So, the team set up shop in a rental storage unit and started building a barn costume that could fit on top of the youngsters wheelchair. Measuring in at 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide, the finished foam costume featured everything from hay bales, to a decorated sign reading Alexs Barn. When the costume was finished, Alex made her big debut during a costume party this weekend. All of her friends and family even the dog were dressed as farm animals in celebration of the teens costume. Her grandfather, who was dressed as Old McDonald, pushed her wheelchair out to the spectators and her eyes lit up with joy. This is not the first time that the VCU students have made a special costume for a differently-abled child the team works in partnership with Magic Wheelchairs: a nonprofit that builds Halloween costumes for children in wheelchairs. Ryan Weimer, the founder of Magic Wheelchairs, first got the idea for the nonprofit after he built a pirate costume for his son with muscular dystrophy in 2008. The costume was featured on so many social media channels and news outlets, that other parents started reaching out to Weimer asking for help building their own wheelchair costumes. Weimers brother Travis, who is a student at the VCU School of Dentistry, worked with Ryan on Alexs barn creation, as well as a turtle costume they built for a girl named Chloe last year. This is becoming a tradition that I hope VCU will continue, said one of the students. Because little girls like Chloey and Alex will never forget the impact that Magic Wheelchair and the volunteers made when they dressed up as their favorite things and had the time of their lives. Full Article: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/students-spend-200-hours-making-halloween-costume-girl-rare-mutation/ Daww</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 10/26/17 6:31:51 PM #2:	rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B What an odd name for a terrible condition --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8kjZU.jpg <cite>eston posted [p:889208001] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote><quote>rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B</quote> What an odd name for a terrible condition</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Yaridovich 10/26/17 6:32:35 PM #3:	This poor girl with her GRINDER disease --- Posted with GameRaven 3.3 <cite>Yaridovich posted [p:889208044] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote>This poor girl with her GRINDER disease</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pinky0926 10/26/17 6:34:22 PM #4:	eston posted... rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B What an odd name for a terrible condition Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:889208171] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote><quote>rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B</quote> What an odd name for a terrible condition</quote> Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 10/26/17 6:49:06 PM #5:	pinky0926 posted... eston posted... rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B What an odd name for a terrible condition Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie Something I am sure you know a lot about --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair. https://imgtc.com/i/14JHfrt.jpg <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:889208984] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote><quote>rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B</quote> What an odd name for a terrible condition</quote> Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie</quote> Something I am sure you know a lot about</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pinky0926 10/26/17 6:52:35 PM #6:	UnfairRepresent posted... pinky0926 posted... eston posted... rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B What an odd name for a terrible condition Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie Something I am sure you know a lot about what does that even mean --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:889209162] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote><cite>UnfairRepresent posted...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote><quote>rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B</quote> What an odd name for a terrible condition</quote> Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie</quote> Something I am sure you know a lot about</quote> what does that even mean</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kitt 10/26/17 7:43:15 PM #7:	That's sweet. --- http://i.imgur.com/pmc9XsI.gif http://i.imgur.com/LkrRVe2.gifv http://i.imgur.com/Dp03g3y.jpg Cute? B**, I'm adorable. <cite>Kitt posted [p:889212362] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote>That's sweet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Weezy_Tha_Don 10/26/17 7:47:09 PM #8:	pinky0926 posted... UnfairRepresent posted... pinky0926 posted... eston posted... rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B What an odd name for a terrible condition Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie Something I am sure you know a lot about what does that even mean for real tho lmao. is that an insult? --- http://i.imgur.com/hwZyGuA.jpg - courtesy of the homie United_World I speak my mind, cause biting my tongue hurts. <cite>Weezy_Tha_Don posted [p:889212603] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>UnfairRepresent posted...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote><quote>rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B</quote> What an odd name for a terrible condition</quote> Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie</quote> Something I am sure you know a lot about</quote> what does that even mean</quote> for real tho lmao. is that an insult?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pinky0926 10/26/17 7:54:48 PM #9:	Weezy_Tha_Don posted... pinky0926 posted... UnfairRepresent posted... pinky0926 posted... eston posted... rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B What an odd name for a terrible condition Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie Something I am sure you know a lot about what does that even mean for real tho lmao. is that an insult? i am confsed --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:889213027] in Students s... [t:75923331]...</cite> <quote><cite>Weezy_Tha_Don posted...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>UnfairRepresent posted...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote><quote>rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B</quote> What an odd name for a terrible condition</quote> Sounds like the "scientific" name for the virus in some shitty B-side zombie movie</quote> Something I am sure you know a lot about</quote> what does that even mean</quote> for real tho lmao. is that an insult?</quote> i am confsed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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