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Power of Adaptive Sports: Letchen Du Plessis Comes Full Circle

Power of Adaptive Sports: Letchen Du Plessis Comes Full Circle

This year, the NOBULL CrossFit® Games added a new category – the adaptive division.  For Letchen Du Plessis, who suffered an injury so severe that it was unclear whether she’d ever walk again, this was an opportunity to test just how far she had come. While Letchen...
Disability Pride: One Woman’s Powerful Shift to Self-Acceptance

Disability Pride: One Woman’s Powerful Shift to Self-Acceptance

I was in high school the first time a doctor recommended that I consider wearing leg braces. My parents were thrilled about this idea and even ordered me a custom-fit pair that very day at the clinic.  As a 15-year-old, I resisted vehemently. I hid the braces away,...