Murderball - Rugby for Quadriplegics

I heard about this sport a couple years ago. It sounds very similar to Wheelchair Football, which I played in college. Like rugby, murderball is a little more violent than we played.

Anyhow, they made a documentary about the U.S. para Olympic team and it's in theaters now.

Murderball is currently playing in only a few cities, so I'm almost certain we won't get it around here. I've never traveled to another city for a movie, but I might make an exception.

Murderball Wheelchair Rugby

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I'm Disabled and I Can Prove It

I'm disabled.
I was born in 1970. About a year later I was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. I never walked. I got my first wheelchair at kindergarten age, and my first power wheelchair in sixth grade.
Yet, around 4 to 6 times per year I have to, for one reason or another, prove that I'm disabled.
Granted, I'm 5 feet nothin', 112 pounds and sit in an electric wheelchair, but apparently that's just anecdotal evidence… We need science!
The Good Doctor
Every couple months I have to send my physician a form and ask him to fill it out. He has to state that I have spinal muscular atrophy, identify the diagnosis date, explained that my prognosis is something akin to "ain't getting better any time soon" and sign it.
With new Medicare regulations, the good doctor is not allowed to sign the said form without seeing me "face-to-face" to prevent fraud. Although I'm extraordinarily healthy, hospitalized last in 1996 for something unrelated to my dis…

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He said "That's a mirror, dip-shit!"
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