Docs have described Jason Cooper as a uncommon case. The 23-year-old overcame a automotive accident that sidelined him for fairly some time to turn out to be a health coach.
He advised WDAM, “I’m a C3, C4, quadriplegic. There was truly no hope for me to stroll in any respect.”
Cooper began understanding on the age of three. He defined that he was used to the hustle.
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He mentioned, “Ever since I’ve been younger, I’ve all the time embraced being onerous and simply going by means of all of the hardship so my life might be straightforward.”
Cooper excelled as an athlete throughout his remaining yr at Heidelberg Excessive College in 2019. On October 3 of the identical yr, he was concerned in a automotive crash that modified the course of his life.
However he wager on himself when the chances have been in opposition to him. He’s now a father, workout routines two or 3 times a day, and has regained his capability to stroll.
Cooper remarked, “I’m a health coach. I do YouTube and stuff like that. I by no means actually needed to be concerned in media and stuff like that. However I’ve to get my story out to have the ability to encourage different individuals.”
He mentioned his religion has been an enormous a part of his journey and has made him a greater particular person. He believes his story might help different individuals.
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Cooper mentioned, “I’ve labored with individuals who say, ‘I can’t, properly, ‘I can’t do that’ or ‘I can’t try this.’”
He added, “‘Can’t’ shouldn’t be in my DNA. So, you understand, as soon as I truly confirmed them and put in entrance of them that, ‘Hey, I can do it, you are able to do it,’ you understand, there’s no such phrase as can’t. So that you simply need to imagine in your self and simply cease saying, ‘I can’t.’”
Cooper’s documentary, “Adversity,” which chronicles his health journey from the time he was three years outdated till his damage and as much as the current, might be launched within the fall.
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