DIVERSIFIED OCCUPATIONS STUDENT Dan Briggs sits in his specially made jogger rig after a recent run with the D.O. program’s running club.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
MIDDLEBURY — Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon this spring, Dan Briggs had track practice. For the 18-year-old from Addison this was a new experience.
Briggs was born with spina bifida, a congenital spinal disorder that requires him to wear leg braces and keeps him from running or walking long distances.
But when he decided he wanted to join his school’s running club, program instructors, community members and his teammates came together in an extraordinary way to make his dream a reality.
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