Skyhawks Hoping Funds Keep Rolling In
By Jenna West They gather each Wednesday and Friday night at the Jesse White Community Center, sounds of basketballs dribbling across the court, laughter and coaches calling plays filling the gymnasium. And in the background, the ever-present hum of wheels turning. In their third year in existence, the Chicago Skyhawks dream of one day making […]
Turning an adaptive lifestyle into a rewarding lifestyle
By Hannah Gebresilassie A Medill Newsmakers Report When society thinks of people in wheelchairs, we often think of what they can’t do instead of what they can do. In this edition of Medill Newsmakers, wheelchair users in Chicago open up about living an adaptive lifestyle. The perspectives come from gunshot survivors, Skyhawks wheelchair basketball team […]
From the Streets to the Courts: Skyhawks wheelchair basketball helps gunshot survivors adapt
By Shen Wu Tan Video by Hannah Gebresilassie Marcus Jones was shot four times during an attempted armed robbery on April 17, 1995 on Chicago’s Southeast Side. Struck three times in the leg and once in the lower back, Jones suffered a serious injury and was devastated when doctors told him he would never walk […]
