[Karie Rockwood, 8th grader at North Richland Hills Middle School, stands in hallway]

Karie Rockwood, born little person, trains for qualification of US Disabled Olympic team

[Karie Rockwood, 8th grader at North Richland Hills Middle School, stands in hallway]

Description:

Karie Rockwood, 8th grader at North Richland Hills Middle School and who was born a little person, trains every day to qualify for the U.S. Disabled Olympic team for the 1992 Summer Para-Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 12/07/1989. She stands in a hallway beside lockers, holding a backpack and papers.

Item File:

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Service Organizations, Sports and Entertainment

Keywords:

Little person, Olympic Games, Sports, Education, Disability culture, Sports for people with disabilities

Persons:

Rockwood, Karie

Places:

North Richland Hills (Tex.)

Organizations:

Paralympic Games

Creator:

Tindell, Norm (Photographer)

Date Created:

1989-12-07

Image Type:

Color, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10014437

Call Number:

AR406-6 12/07/1989 8915

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

Rights:

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)