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The symptoms were so severe that at one point — another of the worst of times — Mr. McCullough was admitted from, the emergency room to Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, D.C. and scheduled for emergency brain surgery for a suspected cerebral aneurism. Fortunately, the neurologist connected the symptoms to the head injury of four years earlier, and instead of an operation, Mr. McCullough was given a comprehensive regimen of physical therapy and exercise. The headaches decreased, the reaction time and balance improved, and his muscles began to listen better.
Then, at American University, where he's now a senior majoring in international health, Mr. McCullough became the trainer for the womens’ volleyball and lacrosse teams. Working with athletes and having daily access to first-rate athletic facilities, he stepped up his own exercise routines. The debilitating symptoms of the head injury continued to abate. So when it came time to do an internship with a non-profit organization to satisfy the University’s curriculum requirements, Mr. McCullough chose Disabled Sports U.S.A. “1 could see how rehabilitation had worked tor me. 1 wanted to get involved with helping others make that same kind of progress.”
For Disabled Sports, he was the competition coordinator and squad leader for the disabled volleyball team. “1 learned about the competitive opportunities for disabled athletes, plus 1 saw the personal satisfaction that comes from being part of the athletic elite — the best in a sport — even if it’s disabled sports.”
Still, he was on the bench in this new arena until the head coach of the volleyball team persuaded him to try to be a player. Volleyball was
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