DARUIS GOES WEST

HOW WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE UNITED STATES IS

Review by TRACEY, from MOHRSVILLE, PA, on 17-May-2009

A GROUP OF COLLEGE KIDS RENTED A HANDICAPP RV AND DROVE A 15 YEAR OLD WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY FROM HIS HOME STATE OF ATHENS, GEORGIA TO THE WEST COAST. IN HOPES OF HIS WHEELCHAIR BEING PIMPED BY A SHOW ON MTV CALLED "PIMP MY RIDE". DARIUS HAD A OLDER BROTHER WITH DMD, ALSO, THAT RECENTLY DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS. DMD IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF CHILDERN IN THE WORLD WITH A LIFE EXPECTANCY FROM LATE TEENS TO EARLIER TWENTIES. THE DIRECTOR OF THE DOCUMENTARY WAS A FRIEND OF DARUIS' BROTHER WHOM ASKED LOGIN TO TAKE CARE OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER DARUIS. THERE WERE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THE TRIP AS MENTIONED PREVIOUS TO HAVE HIS WHEELCHAIR PIMPED, TRAVEL ACROSS THE US AND SEE HOW WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE IT IS, TO MAKE THE WORLD AWARE OF DMD AND IN HOPES OF FINDING A CURE. BY HAVING RALLIES WHILE MAKING MANY PIT STOPS ON THE WAY, WITH MANY LOCAL PEOPLE FROM ALL AGE GROUPS, AND ORGANINATIONS STANDING WITH SUPPORT BEHIND THE TEAM ALL THE WAY. DARUIS BEING AND BECOMING IN HIS OWES RIGHTS A ACTOR, CAST MEMBER, PREACHER AND RAPPER ALL IN ONE WHILE LEAVING A INDENTION IN EVERYONE HEART. DARUIS SAYING IT BEST, MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING, THE ACTION YOU TAKE NOW WILL START YOUR FUTURE. THE BIGGEST SUPRISE WAS AT THE END THE SUSPENSE MADE YOU WANT MORE OR GET UP AND GET INVOVLED, THERE SO MUCH ONE PERSON CAN DO.