JUSTIN YODER

'Justin Ross Yoder' (born November 9, 1986, in Middlebury, Indiana) was the first child with a disability to drive a soapbox in the All American Soapbox Derby. In 1996, Yoder challenged the regulations to allow disabled children 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 Yoder's honor.^[1]
The story of this boy who has spina bifida is told in a movie, ''Miracle in Lane 2'', starring Frankie Muniz.^[2]
Yoder is a Mennonite and attends the same church as ''Miracle in Lane 2'' screenwriters Don Yost and Joel Kauffmann.^[3]
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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1. Bucksport boy gears up for Soap Box Derby. Special brake lets 11-year-old compete Dawn Gagnon
2. Three Disney Channel Shows Receive Nominations for 2001 Humanitas Prize
3. Roll It: GC Alums strike success in soap box racing and celluloid, Goshen College Bulletin, September 2000.

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★ Goshen to the ocean: Disabled bicyclist rolling to the Atlantic Jane Schmucker

★ Justin Yoder ('05): "Frosh surprised by caring classmates", Bethany Christian School Bulletin, pp.6-7, Summer 2002 edition. (Retrieved April 26, 2007)