- Justin Yoder
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name = Justin Yoder
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birth_date = birth date and age|1986|11|9
birth_place = flagicon|USA Middlebury,Indiana
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parents = Myron (father) Sheila (mother)
siblings = Seth (brother)Justin Ross Yoder (born
November 9 ,1986 , in Middlebury,Indiana Fact|date=April 2007) was the first child with a disability to drive a soapbox in the All American Soapbox Derby. In 1996, Yoder challenged the regulations to allow children with disabilities to use a handbrake instead of the required foot brake. Thanks to him regulations were changed. The hand brake is now called the Justin Brake in Yoder's honor. [cite news | last = Gagnon | first = Dawn | title = Bucksport boy gears up for Soap Box Derby. Special brake lets 11-year-old compete | work =Bangor Daily News (Maine) | date =1998-06-12 | accessdate = 2007-04-26 ]Yoder has
spina bifida . His life story is is portrayed in the movie, "Miracle in Lane 2 ", starringFrankie Muniz . [cite news | title= Three Disney Channel Shows Receive Nominations for 2001 Humanitas Prize | work =Business Wire | date =2001-06-15 | accessdate = 2007-04-26]Yoder is a
Mennonite and attends the same church as "Miracle in Lane 2" screenwriters Don Yost and Joel Kauffmann. [ [http://www.goshen.edu/news/bulletin/sept00/soapbox.html Roll It: GC Alums strike success in soap box racing and celluloid] , Goshen College Bulletin, September 2000.] As of 2006, Yoder is a student atGoshen College inGoshen, Indiana , and is majoring in American Sign Language Interpreting.Fact|date=April 2007References
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*cite news | last = Schmucker | first = Jane | title = Goshen to the ocean: Disabled bicyclist rolling to the Atlantic | work =
Toledo Blade
date =2004-06-08 | url = http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040608/NEWS17/406080345 | accessdate = 2007-04-26
* [http://www.bethanycs.net/pdf/bulletin/bulletin014.pdf Justin Yoder ('05): "Frosh surprised by caring classmates"] , Bethany Christian School Bulletin, pp.6-7, Summer 2002 edition. (RetrievedApril 26 ,2007 )
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