Paralympian Offers Message of Encouragement at Immaculate Conception School

Paralympian offers message of encouragement at Immaculate Conception School

Maddy Eberhard, a graduate of Buffalo Academy of Sacred Heart and current student at Canisius University, came to East Aurora to speak with Immaculate Conception students about overcoming adversity.  Maddy Eberhard, who has won medals at a sled hockey player, shows of her sled to the students of Immaculate Conception School in East Aurora. Eberhard gave a talk on facing adversity. (Photo courtesy of Immaculate Conception School in East Aurora) …

watson/michelle claussponsored byThe multiple Paralympics winner and wheelchair athlete Catherine Debrunner was in our studio to clear up prejudices about people in wheelchairs.Catherine Debrunner won four golds and one silver at this year's Paralympics in Paris. And that's not all: the young top athlete also set four records at the tournament. No one in the Swiss delegation was more successful than her in Paris. In the video, the trained primar…