Chris Waddell, creator of the "NameTags" program, spoke to a captivated audience of Middlesex Middle School 6th grade students about the labels that people place on themselves and others and how these labels can often limit our success and happiness in life.
Waddell told the students about how he became paralyzed from the waist down after a skiing accident when he was just a freshman in college. He did not let this tragedy limit his future potential and went on to become a World Champion Skier, win several medals in the Winter and Summer Olympics, as well as, climb Mt. Kilimangaro. Waddell told the 6th graders that if it were not for his accident he probably would never have achieve such great feats.
Waddell's inspirational message taught the students that everyone will face challenges and adversity in life, however, "It's not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.” NameTags is the education program of One Revolution, an organization Waddell founded to change the world's perception of disability.
