Maurice is a C4 quadriplegic who was injured in 1997 at the age of 24. Maurice shares advice for moving forward with life after a high-level spinal cord injury. https://youtu.be/6Iq1xtZUDGU “Live your life to the fullest. It’s not over with…
I was first diagnosed with sensoneurinal hearing loss on both ears when I was 7 years old. I can still remember the vivid image of my mother shedding tears listening to the doctor’s diagnosis. Consoling my mother, I said “Don’t…
Samuel was just three months old when he was a victim of an acid attack. He defied the odds by surviving the attack, but this incident has left him with severe damages to his tongue, throat, and vocal chords. As a…
Mitch was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis over fourteen years ago. Three years into his diagnosis, he reluctantly began using mobility devices starting with a cane. Now a wheelchair user, Mitch's attitude toward assistive devices slowly began to change…
John was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) while serving in the US Army. When it became difficult for him to walk, he was given a wheelchair for mobility. https://youtu.be/Fxn36y3MKxs The diagnosis combined with the introduction of a wheelchair is what…
Peter was young and physically fit when he became a quadriplegic from a diving accident. Peter had just finished teaching swimming lessons when he decided to swim some laps himself before meeting a friend for dinner. He dove into the…
A friend asked me to share what I wish I had been told at the beginning when my daughter Beth was injured. She has a cut spinal cord at C6-7. My first list shared three thoughts: Breathe deeply. Hug. Rest. Repeat. Find…
John was just 23 years old when his invincibility came to an abrupt end. A motor vehicle collision and the resulting flames from the accident ravaged his body, leaving three of his limbs irreparable. John’s right hand and both legs…
George Scola was thirty-nine when he walked across sweltering South Africa from Beitbridge to Cape Point, roughly Maine to Florida. Just two years earlier, he had been paralyzed by a stroke, then overwhelmed with depression at losing his body, speech,…
In late 2013 when Alex first started feeling ill, he thought he just had a case of the flu. But when he noticed blood in his urine and blotchy, bruised areas on his skin, he knew it was something more…