“It’s very important that people remember that relationships after injury are also based on the relationships that were there before injury.” https://youtu.be/IJ4tcGI47c8 Robin Dorfman is a Clinical Health Psychologist from Northwestern University Medical Center. An injury doesn’t necessarily erase problems that were…
Whether a sibling is born with or acquires a disability, it inevitably impacts the life of the other siblings. AttitudeLive from New Zealand interviewed 5 sibling groups all of whom have at least one with a disability. https://youtu.be/393ZKogwD4U A sister whose…
Alicia Reagan, a paraplegic mom, remembers struggling with confidence in her early days in a wheelchair. “One day I had a eureka moment. I decided that since I could not change my disability, I was not going to let my…
As a child, a playground is a place to run around, but having a disability at such a young age made it a little different for Theresa- she was a little more restricted by her mobility. “My parents have always…
At the first sight, it’s easy to see that Theresa is an athlete, but ironically, many people struggle to believe she actually does sports. https://youtu.be/pxevmx8ijHU She’s been surprising people whom she has had encounters with, in this case, taxi drivers.…
Theresa Goh, a wheelchair-user and Paralympian from Singapore, has changed her perception on how she wants others to see her over the years. https://youtu.be/tgnUVcmnoPo “At first I didn’t want people to see me as a person with disability. I just…
Kristen remembers the exact day she became a caregiver, the day her husband was discharged from the hospital months after his spinal cord injury. Kristen learned the ropes from the nurses, mastering all the necessary techniques to take care…
“Believe it or not there have been some individuals who have expressed surprise that I could be happily married to a woman in a wheelchair." Doug Michaels is husband of motivational speaker and former Miss Wheelchair USA Tasha Schuh. “My first…
Kristen and Jeff had planned on going to Hawaii for their 10 year wedding anniversary. “Then everything changed. And our plans were washed away in the ocean with the setting Hawaiian sun,” writes Kristen. Jeff was paralyzed in a beach…
“Relationships are tough enough, and sometimes it’s very hard to be the caregiver and the lover.” https://youtu.be/x64Mu5T36Io “We always think of the significant other to be the caregiver,” says Diane Rowles, a nurse practitioner from the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation…