Justin Yoder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Justin Yoder

Disabled soap box derby rider

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1986

Place of Birth: Middlebury, Indiana, United States

Profession: athlete

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Justin Yoder

  • Justin Ross Yoder (born November 9, 1986) was the first child with a disability to drive a soapbox in the All American Soapbox Derby.
  • In 1996, he challenged the regulations to allow children with disabilities 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 his honor.Yoder has Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
  • His story is told in the film Miracle in Lane 2 starring Frankie Muniz.Yoder is a Mennonite and attends the same church as the film's screenwriters Don Yost and Joel Kauffmann.As of 2006, Yoder is a student at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, and is majoring in American Sign Language Interpreting.

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