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}} Brent Poppen is a disability advocate, author, substitute teacher,〔()〕 and Paralympian.〔()(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.teamusa.org/para-wheelchair-tennis/athletes/brent-poppen#profile )〕 He has authored two books,〔()(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.writers.net/writers/65200 )〕 a biography titled "Tragedy on the Mountain,〔()〕" which details his journey from paralysis to Paralympics, and a children's book titled "Playground Lessons-Friendship & Forgiveness: Harley and his wheelchair.〔()(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/Playground-Lessons-Friendship-Forgiveness-Harley-Wheelchair/dp/1475035179 )〕" ==Early life== Poppen was injured in a wrestling accident on February 18, 1990, while visiting a Christian church camp located in Lake Hume, California in the Fresno Mountain range of the Central Valley. As a result of the tumble where the boy Poppen was wrestling with fell on top of his head, Poppen's spinal cord suffered an incomplete break at the level of the sixth cervical vertebra, rendering him a quadriplegic immediately. He was air lifted from a rural hospital, Fresno Community Hospital, to Long Beach Memorial Hospital, where he spent three months rehabilitating, and was released on May 23, 1990. He was 16 years old at the time of his accident, and released from the hospital the day before his 17th birthday. He is considered a limited motion quadriplegic, since he has limited function in his arms and hands. Poppen attended Millikan High School, in Long Beach, for his senior year shortly after his accident. He went on to earn his Associate degree from Long Beach City College, and then his Bachelor's Degree in social science from Chapman University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brent Poppen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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