As a kid, Arielle Rausin had little interest in sports — even before the car accident that paralyzed her from the waist down at age 10.

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She remembers being forced to participate in gym class at her Florida middle school, until she met a teacher who invented ways for her to play alongside her classmates.

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“It was the first time I realized sports could be really fun even though I was in a wheelchair,” said Rausin, 26.

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She joined the cross-country team and discovered she liked to race, even when that meant pushing a regular wheelchair around the grass course. She got her first racing wheelchair in high school. By the time Rausin graduated, she’d landed a spot on the University of Illinois’ wheelchair track team and a place in its business school.

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That’s where she got the idea for a class project that she has […]

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