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07-13-2005, 08:53 AM
I thought some here might be interested in this article:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-rowadapt0712.artjul12,0,4681959.story
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Therapy Puts An Oar In The Water
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Adaptive Rowing Program Provides A New Way For The Disabled To Use
Their Bodies
By GARRET CONDON And HILARY WALDMAN
Courant Staff Writers
July 12, 2005
Standing on the dock at Riverside Park in Hartford, Douglas Antczak
watched his sister lower herself into a rowing shell and set the oars in
the murky water of the Connecticut River.
As she pulled the boat across the water to the distant shore, he was
impressed, but not surprised.
Ever since his sister, Alexia Bouckoms, was paralyzed nine years ago
when a tree fell on the family car, killing her husband and one of her
sons, nothing she has accomplished surprises her family.
Her decision about a month ago to try rowing was just another example,
Antczak said, of his sister's tireless search for new ways to enjoy
life.
"It allows me to use my body in a different way," said Bouckoms, a
dentist by training who was in a coma for six weeks after the freak
accident.
Bouckoms is one of eight people with disabilities who are participating
in the newly established Connecticut Adaptive Rowing Program, a
partnership led by the Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut with Riverfront
Recapture and the National Spinal Cord Injury Association's Connecticut
chapter.
Copyright 2005, Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-rowadapt0712.artjul12,0,4681959.story
--------------------
Therapy Puts An Oar In The Water
--------------------
Adaptive Rowing Program Provides A New Way For The Disabled To Use
Their Bodies
By GARRET CONDON And HILARY WALDMAN
Courant Staff Writers
July 12, 2005
Standing on the dock at Riverside Park in Hartford, Douglas Antczak
watched his sister lower herself into a rowing shell and set the oars in
the murky water of the Connecticut River.
As she pulled the boat across the water to the distant shore, he was
impressed, but not surprised.
Ever since his sister, Alexia Bouckoms, was paralyzed nine years ago
when a tree fell on the family car, killing her husband and one of her
sons, nothing she has accomplished surprises her family.
Her decision about a month ago to try rowing was just another example,
Antczak said, of his sister's tireless search for new ways to enjoy
life.
"It allows me to use my body in a different way," said Bouckoms, a
dentist by training who was in a coma for six weeks after the freak
accident.
Bouckoms is one of eight people with disabilities who are participating
in the newly established Connecticut Adaptive Rowing Program, a
partnership led by the Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut with Riverfront
Recapture and the National Spinal Cord Injury Association's Connecticut
chapter.
Copyright 2005, Hartford Courant