Dan keplinger biography
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Dan Keplinger
Artist Dan Keplinger (born 19 January 1973) was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary short, King Gimp.[1][2][3] Born with cerebral palsy,[2] he lives in Towson, Maryland, where he continues to paint.
Dan keplinger biography
Education
After attending a school for disabled children, he was mainstreamed into Parkville High School in Maryland at age 16.[2] He is a 1998 graduate of Towson University with a major in mass communication.
Keplinger visits schools as a guest motivational speaker.[2]
The name King Gimp
According to The Baltimore Sun, "King Gimp was the name neighbors gave him as a child because his house was on the top of a hill and he liked to roll down it in his wheelchair.
A fighting spirit, he calls himself." He explained to a huge audience that "gimp" means fighting spirit to him, when he was featured in a Super Bowl ad for Cingular Wireless in 2001.[citation needed]