{"id":27909,"date":"2014-03-03T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=27909"},"modified":"2014-03-03T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T14:00:17","slug":"sundance-channels-push-girls-star-tiphany-adams-to-visit-wright-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/03\/03\/sundance-channels-push-girls-star-tiphany-adams-to-visit-wright-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundance Channel\u2019s \u2018Push Girls\u2019 star Tiphany Adams to visit Wright State"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In addition to starring on "Push Girls," Tiphany Adams speaks and advocates on the topics of drunk and distracted driving, LGBT issues, nutrition, wellness and fitness.<\/p><\/div>\n

At age 17, Tiphany Adams was a rebellious high school senior with dreams of modeling. But when the car she was riding in was hit head-on by a drunk driver, her life changed in an instant. The crash killed three of her friends and left Adams a paraplegic with a fracture to her T10 vertebrae.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, Adams persevered through months of painful recovery to graduate with her class. Harnessing that same determination, Adams refused to let her disability derail her professional dreams.<\/p>\n

Today, Adams is an actress, model, ability advocate, fitness enthusiast, speaker and currently a star on the Sundance Channel docu-series Push Girls<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Wright State University community will get a chance to meet Adams and view an episode from the show\u2019s second season on Monday, March 10. The event will be in the Student Union Apollo Room from 3 to 7 p.m. and is open to the public.<\/p>\n

Those who attend can meet Adams and participate in a Q&A session after the screening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that Tiphany can come to campus and share her experiences and her thoughts on the things she cares about is energizing and sorely needed at Wright State,\u201d said Thomas Webb, director of the Office of Disability Services. “Push Girls<\/em> is a widely viewed reality show that portrays people living their lives, day in and day out, with disability.\u00a0It stands out in excellence, as there are so few accurate portrayals of disability in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n

Webb said it only makes sense that Adams would choose to visit Wright State because it\u2019s one of the best universities in the country for providing support and accessibility to students with disabilities.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Wright State was named one of the nation\u2019s top disability-friendly schools.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe could bring a lot of disability-related speakers to campus, but we can\u2019t bring a lot of disability-related speakers who are relatable to students, and Tiphany is exactly that,\u201d said Webb.<\/p>\n

In addition to her work on Push Girls<\/em>, Adams speaks and advocates publicly on the topics of drunk and distracted driving, LGBT issues, nutrition, wellness and fitness. She is an ambassador for Wish Upon a Teen, an organization that provides resources and opportunities to teenagers who have Autism Spectrum Disorder and\/or are recovering from injury or chronic illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look around this campus and in this office, we have several \u2018Tiphanys\u2019 that we are serving, and I think that will really hit home when she comes here,\u201d said Webb. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of interest from our students already, and I think that is only going to keep growing as we get closer to her visit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wright State community can meet Tiphany Adams and view an episode of “Push Girls” on March 10 in the Student Union Apollo Room. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":27913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2041,725,715,2042,719],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-office-of-disability-services","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news","category-offices","category-special-categories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27909"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28325,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27909\/revisions\/28325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}