Everyone encouraging each other.

This is a great group of guys.

Where do you meet them?

They're just unbelievable.

My son is 48 years old.

He has cerebral policy due to a birth injury.

And he has done very well.

It's not a lot better than most expected.

This has been an added joy to him because as I said, his gait is improved, his confidence is improved, and his general well-being is improved.

He went to a group home four years ago, and the people running the group home knew Dr. Rucullio's

program, so they asked me if he would like to sign up. He did not want to, but a girl in the program with him

was coming to weightlifting and he decided she was not going to show him up that he

better get moving and go into the program and he loved it. I think he had some fear.

Of course, yeah. A challenge individual can be mentally

and physically challenged or mentally or physically challenged. Challenge people have a lot of

difficulty in life because they struggle. They struggle with aspects of daily living or they struggle just with being accepted.

That's the biggest part and the weightlifting has given my son more confidence in himself

that I can see that he has a stride about him that he didn't have before.

He's in a sheltered workshop.

They did not know that he was in

weightlifting and I ran into an aide and she said, Nick's walking so much better what is

happening and he's not as stooped and I said he's been weightlifting and I noticed that he seems more sure of himself in a lot of ways

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