Chloe Joyce is a thirteen-year-old who was born with spinal dysgenesis. She has been a wheelchair user since the age of three. Chloe admits there are times when she wishes she could walk to do more activities with her friends.…
Adapting to a new lifestyle after sustaining a spinal cord injury can be challenging. The Alan T. Foundation (ATFB) gathered advice from different community members about living life post-injury .“Most people who sustain spinal cord injury achieve successful adjustment and…
“Being a person with a disability is certainly an experience. There are good days, and there are a large number of struggles. That’s just the reality of it,” says Jenn Leisey, who has Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She continues by saying…
At age 20, Kat’s boyfriend Caleb sustained a spinal cord injury after a car accident. The accident left Caleb paralyzed from the waist down but, through it all, the young couple progresses every day in their emotional and spiritual healing.…
Setting a goal can give one purpose and the desire to better whatever situation they might be in that chapter of life. The Alan T. Foundation’s peer mentoring program has assisted many people who are affected by paralysis to…
Nur Fariza, 30, has always felt the need to do well in school. Even though she attended mainstream schools, it was not easy getting in. Born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or brittle bone syndrome, Fariza started primary school a year…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Ohggaid80&feature=youtu.be “Moving through rehab, I had no hope of anything changing in my body. When I came out (of rehab) I knew this was the life I would have to live,” says psychologist, Dr. Dan Gottlieb. Dr. Dan is a…
Aimee Copeland survived a flesh-eating bacteria. She lost her entire left leg, her right foot, and both hands. Aimee is a traveling motivational speaker sharing a message that life is not always as bad as it may seem. “You…
Todd Balf has an incomplete spinal cord injury. He states that he does not fit into any recognizable category of spinal cord injury. People are often confused as to why he has trouble completing certain tasks because his disability is…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VY1gSBuo9I Patricia’s son Greg sustained a spinal cord injury in 2011. Greg became a paraplegic. Patricia states that in coming home, Greg had to learn how to cope with his mental health along with his physical well being. Patricia insinuates…