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Amy Receiving $10,000 check, as part of the award sponsored
by the Christopher Columbus Foundation
John Glenn, Dr. Sally Ride, Amy Dunaway-Haney, Vance Coffman
John Glenn first to rise in standing ovation. |
Mrs. Dunaway-Haney was diagnosed at 8 years old with Limb Girdle
Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative muscle disease. Confined to a
wheelchair since her sophomore year in high school, she participated
in many activities including chorus and the show choir. Moreover,
she earned two scholarships for college.
While attending Bowling Green State University, Amy had to overcome
the challenges of her disease and the discouragement of some professors
to achieve her dream of becoming a teacher. As the first wheelchair-bound
resident student at Bowling Green, she opened the way for many handicap
accessible facilities on campus including electric doors and reliable
elevators. In addition to her course work and many student activities,
a highlight of her senior year was being named Homecoming Queen.
After graduation, she married college sweetheart Tim Haney.
In addition to teaching Spanish at the high school level for ten
years, Amy teaches Spanish in the evenings and summer at Sinclair
Community College. She has a Master's degree in clinical counseling
enabling her to work as an individual, group and marriage/family
counselor. She incorporates her teaching skills and life experiences
along with her counseling expertise to be a teacher for "Kids'
Turn," a program to educate families about how to deal
with the difficulties of divorce. She also facilitates a support
group for patients of neuromuscular diseases and their families.
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