Derrick was a senior in high school when he was hit during a football game and paralyzed from the neck down. “I had to overcome extremely difficult times to graduate on time with my class,” shares Derrick. And it seems…
Planning a vacation can sometimes be hard work, especially when it comes to settling logistical details. One important area of holiday planning is searching for the right accommodations, and that alone can be difficult when you have to consider…
“Each person you meet has so much to give, even you.” This is a lesson that Kellen Prouse learnt when he started reaching out to people through his blog, and to the multiple sclerosis (MS) community. Kellen was diagnosed with…
My mother has been living with multiple sclerosis (MS) since age 13, and has been on heavy treatments since her diagnosis. Because she was diagnosed at a very young age, she always felt different and isolated from her peers, and…
Thomas, his parents and grandparents, and his brother Tyler, who is a wheelchair user, took a short vacation to Paris. During the few days they were there, the family managed to visit much of the must-see attractions in this…
Photographer Dennis Ong has always found life to be more educational outside of school. Describing his scholastic performance as being “just good enough to progress to the next stage,” he remembers his childhood as a fun time. “My parents are…
Freedom is a motto which Josh Dueck lives by, and skiing has certainly given him the avenue to achieve freedom. Josh knew all along that his dream in life was to be a skier, and he actively pursued that passion,…
Shawn is a C5-6 quadriplegic, and he has found certain techniques useful in helping him pick things up off the ground. He demonstrates with three different items: a set of keys, a credit card, and a mobile phone. https://youtu.be/VGzGPydfEmQ Shawn…
Being a mother certainly has its challenges, but it comes with great triumphs as well. And these constant, contrasting feelings of fear and accomplishment are not at all foreign to this mother with a spinal cord injury (SCI). As a C5-6 complete…
When Jennifer, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), first lost her ability to walk, she believed that she would not be able to find love again. “I thought, ‘I’m never going to find a man who wants to be with a…