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Justin Ross Yoder (born November 9 , 1986 , in Middlebury , Indiana ) was the first child with a disability to drive a Soapbox in the All American Soapbox Derby . In 1996, Yoder challenged the regulations to allow disabled children to use a hand Brake instead of the required foot brake. Thanks to him regulations were changed. The hand brake is now called the Justin Brake in Yoder's honor.1 The story of this boy who has Spina Bifida is told in a movie, '' Miracle In Lane 2 '', starring Frankie Muniz .2 Yoder is a Mennonite and attends the same church as ''Miracle in Lane 2'' screenwriters Don Yost and Joel Kauffmann . Roll It: GC Alums strike success in soap box racing and celluloid , Goshen College Bulletin, September 2000. As of 2006, Yoder is a student at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana , and is majoring in American Sign Language Interpreting . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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