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Disabled students learn leadership in Montana

July 20, 2005 /

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Zach Watson, 19, was paralyzed from the waist down 13 months ago after a car accident and has been in a wheelchair ever since.

Watson, who graduated from Fromberg High School this spring, is one of 15 Montana high school students with a disability attending the sixth annual Montana Youth Leadership Forum at Montana State University-Billings this week.

"I feel like my accident was a blessing because it brought me here and showed me what I want to do with my life," Watson said. "I really want to help make a change."

The program is designed to train the students, who came from all over the state, to be community leaders and advocates for disabled people, said June Hermanson, the founder of the program.

"If we can give them some self-worth now, it can contribute to their success as an adult," Hermanson said.

By BRAD FJELDHEIM
Of The Gazette Staff

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