Kimberley Barreda is a double above-the-knee amputee. She is editor of Chloe magazine and associate editor of Active Living magazine as well as a
correspondent for xable.com. She also directs BLAST, a sports marketing and scholarship program promoting and providing funding for integrated sports, recreation and leisure for people with disabilities. Living in Montana, the 42-year-old former model and actress, Barreda is all about outdoor sports and activities.

Ian James Brown was a volunteer Fireman, First Aid, and Scuba Rescue Diver while playing 3 sports, working 3 jobs and maintaining straight A’s during high school. Ian graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1999, went to flight school to become a military aviator, and was injured in the line of duty on the flight line. Ian became paralyzed (T2A neurological, initial diagnosis) in January 2002. Following rehabilitation, Ian attended graduate school at Harvard to receive a Master’s in I.T. with a focus on Bio-Informatics. Ian then began a post-baccalaureate program to finish the pre-requisite courses for medical school. Ian plans to apply to medical school in 2009. Ian is heavily involved in neuro-spinal research and assists at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation as well as the Bronx Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center. Ian also works to help fit customized wheelchairs to the disabled population as a representative for Lasher Sport, LLC. As a volunteer for Lasher Sport for over a year and a half, Ian attends the Abilities Expos, meets local clients, and travels abroad to meet patients with varied diagnoses to help find and suggest durable medical equipment, disabled resources, and medical research programs all via personal funding. Though a retired military officer, Ian hopes to re-join the working force in Neuro-spinal research (specifically in neuro-technology and cure research) following medical school. Ian is also a wheelchair athlete and will be competing for the first time post-injury in powerlifting at the 2008 Veteran’s Wheelchair Games in Omaha, Nebraska.

Erik Corbett, 29, of Glen NH is the Program Director of the adaptive ski program at Attitash Mountain. The program is operated by AbilityPLUS, a non-profit based in Waterville Valley NH that operates adaptive sports programs across New England...Erik broke his back at the T7 level in a car accident in VT in early 2000. Since then he has graduated from UMASS-Lowell and returned to the mountains to head up the ski school at Attitash.

Domonic Corradin is a writer, world traveler, adventurer, street rod customizer and off-road enthusiast. In 1994 at the age of 16 the Michigan native was paralyzed in a car accident while returning home from high school soccer practice. “I push the limits every chance I can to learn about myself,” he writes on his website. “No excuses.” extremeabilities.com.

Professir X ‘’Richard Gaskin’’  Paralyzed SCI Advocate, Rapper, Video Editor and Producer of variety shows and commercials. Professir X was paralyzed by a gunshot to his neck in 1987, his passion to become successful in entertainment continues to drive him to working hard on his dreams. Professir X uses his work to help bring awareness and inspiration to others. http://www.professirx.com

Veronica Gonnello is one of the able-bodied drivers in “The Show.” In fact she is the show manager of the Abilities Expo, which is in its 23rd year and is held annually in three cities across America. The expo is considered vital for people with disabilities, senior citizens and their caregivers since it brings together consumers and providers of independent assisted living products and services. She is a board member of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association. Gonnello says, “Realize that the disability does not define you, but is just a part of you,” Gonnello says. She is afflicted with a rare kidney disease. Driving? She knows all about competitive driving since she commutes three miles from New Jersey to Manhattan each day.

Madonna Long is a T-4 paraplegic (this means 4 th vertabrae (top to
bottom) T=Thorasic injury, or simple terms parapeligic with thorasic injury to 4th vertabrae) resulting from a school bus accident while she was in high school in 1981. The mother of four and former Miss Wheelchair Nevada is creating a website for mother’s who use wheelchairs (paramoms.com). Her personal site is hotwheelwomen.com. She is a consumer advocate on disabled issues and a special needs coordinator for emergency management. “It has been 18 years since that day of 12-6-81 (accident) and I have done more with my life in this chair then I would have walking ... I love my life. I hope others do to,” she writes.

 Colleen Macort of Alabama works with Access Now Inc., where she is
a staunch legal advocate for those with disabilities. A past runnerup in Ms.
Wheelchair America after winning the state title in Florida, she also works at Talladega Superspeedway. She is a consultant with a specialty in autism Asperger syndrome dealing mainly with children. Macort, who is an incomplete paraplegic after a tumor was removed from her spine when she was almost a year old, is a self-described tomboy and not one to slow down. The mother of two grown boys (and a grandmother too) she works on cars and rides a hand-controlled four-wheeler.

Amy Malgren, 33, from Colorado is a T-10 paraplegic the result of an automobile accident 16 years ago. With a degree in non-profit management she is an avid competitor in sledge hockey and softball. She is the mother of three boys. (T-10 means the 10th vertabrae,  top to bottom, had a thorasic injury.....simple terms  Amy is a parapelegic)

Santina Muha, age 25, was injured at the young age of five at the T-11 level in an auto accident. She is currently a journalist, model, host, and the Communication Associate for the National Spinal Cord Injury Association. A cheerleader in high school, social chair of her sorority in college and a contestant in the Miss NJ USA pageant, Santina has always found a way to achieve her goals in one way or another. She is currently working toward her goal of making it in the entertainment industry. In 2007, Santina was nominated for the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame in the media category. A New Jersey native, Santina spends most of her summers by the shore and in New York City, but loves traveling every chance she gets. She hopes to do more international travel one day. You can see various video clips and interviews featuring Santina on youtube, or more learn more about her at www.santinamuha.com.  She can also be contacted through her myspace page, www.myspace.com/starrtv.  

Tom Muxie of Peabody Ma. injured in 1986 as a result of a hit and run motorvehicle accident which left me paralyzed from the chest down. I've always loved adventure and since my accident I've become even more driven to experience all life has to offer. I'm doing things now that I never would have thought of doing before my accident. I love to travel, I'm involved in a theater group, have acted in a few independent films, do modeling, fitness training, try all
different sports, basketball, skiing, tennis, parasailing and scuba diving. I am currently working with developers and architects in my city to ensure compliance to the Mass Access Codes for accessibility (building codes) on current and upcoming projects. I also work with my local Independent Living Center to advocate for awareness and for programs that help people with disabilitites
remain independent in their communities. I guess now I can add driving a race car to my list of adventures thanks to Accessible Racing...a great organization! Where will it stop, it won't if have anything to say about it, hahah!

Cameron Shaw-Doran of New Hampshire, who three years ago at age 26 while a student at Plymouth State University, became the first wheelchair-bound person to complete the climb up the 7.6-mile Mt. Washington Auto Road. Shaw-Doran has been paralyzed from the chest down since he broke his neck when he was 18. A good
friend of World Cup skier Bode Miller, Shaw-Doran is a adaptive ski coach at Loon Mountain and a regional sales rep for upstart SoNu Beverages out of New York City.