Have you ever wondered if having a disability impacts a person’s personality? Or how does your personality dictate the way you view disability? Steve Derwent, a quadriplegic, poses these two questions after participating in a series of surveys designed to…
“One of the things I love about kids is that they are unfiltered. They don’t know about being polite or politically correct or not asking certain questions for one reason or another,” says Kelly Brush Davisson, a paraplegic. Kelly works…
Will Reeve, son of Christopher and Dana Reeve, reflects on a letter he wrote to his 13-year-old self after losing his parents.
“Play is an essential part of child growth and development. It is one of the central ways in which children learn valuable life skills. Through play, children learn all about how to socialize with others, express their creativity and imagination,…
The Alan T. Brown Foundation shares blog entries from clients at different stages in their life post spinal cord injury. One man shares his thoughts on living with a spinal cord injury for thirty-three years. He states that life is…
Shawn Fluke, a quadriplegic, shares how he prevents getting pressure sores during the day and at night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzx1OKUUgmM Prevention During The Day While In Wheelchair Shawn states while he is at home he does not have to worry about relieving…
How can you help someone after a life-changing injury? Mark Chilutti gives a few examples of what to say to someone after a life-changing injury, such as an SCI or brain injury. “...having love and support from family members and…
Fernami Okanlami is a physician in family medicine. He has a C6 spinal cord injury. Backbones interviewed Fernami to show how every day he is “demonstrating that being DISabled does not mean UNabled.” “Now with my disability, It’s a new…
Spasms are common for people who have spinal cord injuries. Ahmet Cunmulaj, a T5 complete paraplegic, says his leg spasms draw attention to himself when out in public and people often ask about them. He explains his leg spasms and…
In 2010, Steph Aiello was involved in a car accident one day before she was to begin cosmetology school. Steph sustained a spinal cord injury and became a quadriplegic with limited hand function. However, with support from those around her,…