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Young paraplegic Aaron Smith does not let confinement to a wheelchair with his love of hobbies and sports
Young paraplegic Aaron Smith does not let confinement to a wheelchair with his love of hobbies and sports

Young paraplegic Aaron Smith does not let confinement to a wheelchair with his love of hobbies and sports

Date3/7/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Young paraplegic Aaron Smith does not let confinement to a wheelchair with his love of hobbies and sports. He plays floor hockey and baseball with pals; swims and builds model ariplanes. The 7-year-old Etobicoke boy suffers from spina bifida; in which spinal bones develop imporperly; and the spinal cord fails to send out a suffiecient number of nerve fibres to the muscles.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022791F
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