Finding Wellness and Connection During the Holidays
The holiday season can be a time of joy and celebration. But it can also bring unique challenges—especially for wheelchair users.
6 New Years Resolutions from Our Team
To get 2023 started right, we asked members of our program staff to share their resolutions or focus words.
Coping With SCI: What's Important For Family And Friends To Understand?
Facing Disability interviews people with spinal cord injuries and their family members to shed light on important topics about coping with disability. They recently asked a group of individuals the question -- What’s important for family and friends to understand?…
Tips For Building A Support Network Of Friends
Building meaningful relationships is essential for any human being, especially for those who have gone through a life-altering experience. “Often, after an injury or illness, we have to find new ways of developing these critical relationships. Many of the things…
Family Relationships Post Injury
Spinal cord injuries are a traumatic event that may have an effect on an entire family as a whole, not just the family member who was injured. Facing Disability interviewed individuals living with spinal cord injuries of various levels. These…
Wife Shares Four Life Priniciples Her Family As Learned Since Marrying A Man With Spinal Cord Injury
Steve and Leann Derwent went on their first date in November 2011. Steve is a quadriplegic, and Leann says he made no attempt at hiding his disability. One of Leann’s biggest concerns, when her and Steve’s relationship started getting serious,…
The Importance Of Connecting With Others: Well Known Conservative Commentator Writes Email To Fellow Person With SCI
Charles Krauthammer, a quadriplegic, who was known as a conservative commentator and writer passed away on June 18, 2018. Nash Jenkins, a writer for TIMES magazine, shares an email that Charles wrote to his father who also sustained a spinal…
Friendships And Inclusion Post Injury
Angela is a quadriplegic who was injured at the age of fifteen. She discusses how her friendships changed post spinal cord injury. https://youtu.be/Lrbg9NcBSFw “It was important to (my friends) that they learned and included me.” Angela states that she was…
Friendships And Inclusion Post Injury
Angela is a quadriplegic who was injured at the age of fifteen. She discusses how her friendships changed post spinal cord injury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrbg9NcBSFw&list=PLlO4pQRBc0jAeytHJocqRc7BhCpp6aX1A&index=4 “It was important to (my friends) that they learned and included me.” Angela states that she was…
Wheelchair User's Perspective On Teamwork And Relationships
Alicia Reagan, a wheelchair user, shares how she learned the beauty of teamwork by training for a Rough Terrain 5K Race. Alicia’s friends will help her through each course of monkey bars, mud crawling, uneven terrain, ropes, and more. Alicia…