Parkersburg High School - Parhischan Yearbook (Parkersburg, WV)

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if W- -Q H4 df Q. 5 ' si .1- Situated at a table, junior Cynthia Miller uses her wheelchair at school and her crutches at home. Maneuvering senior lim Hodgson and his wheelchair out the senior doors is junior Mark Peters. Waiting for his chair to be lowered from the handicapped bus which brings him to school is junior Mike Farrar. Handicapped 21

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Handicapped but not limited in life Handicapped. The word used to bring to mind pictures of someone unable to care for himself or some- one whose life was confined to one area, usually his home. Fortunately, that image of handi- capped has changed, and, with the installation of an elevator, all three floors of PHS were assessible to the five handicapped students enrolled here. But handicapped is a word that may not have described these stu- dents. Granted their wheelchairs wizzing down the halls or their slower moving crutches were obvi- ous. But no one who saw sophomore Brian McCoy marching with the band, either on his crutches or wear- ing his artificial leg, could say Brian was handicapped. Students would like to ask ques- tions, but they are afraid to and that is why they do not understand my handicap, Brian, who lost his leg to cancer 10 years ago, said. junior Cynthia Miller, a victim of cerebral palsy, felt there wasn't any- thing she couldn't do, either at school infher wheelchair or at home on crutches. judging from their involvement at PHS, these student's didn't consider themselves as handicapped in any way. Alternating between crutches and his artificial leg, sophomore Brian McCoy was part of the band's color guard. He participated in parades such as this one in Vienna. 20 Handicapped

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