Alysia Kezerian says her love for traveling is hereditary as she grew up traveling all over her home state of California with her parents and younger sister. She writes, “My parents instilled a sense of adventure into me and my…
Daniela Schirmer had high hopes when she decided to get a Canine Companion for Independence about three years ago, but she never could have imagined the bond she would develop with Zandra (Z-Dog).
Marcela Turnage made her public debut in a 2014 Baltimore Sun article on the ReWalk exoskeleton. Since then she’s become one of the faces of the company and has enjoyed a wild ride around the world.
It took three broken necks, countless surgeries, three jobs and two marriages, but Kenneth Ryno eventually found his calling as a mentor and SCI support group organizer.
Politics had never been a thing for Willis Washington. Yet Washington, 44 and a T11 paraplegic, found himself going door to door, raising money and calling voters, trying to convince them to elect him to Oklahoma’s House of Representatives.
Erin Gildner’s life was falling apart when, under the influence of alcohol, she wrecked her vehicle and found herself paralyzed. Her injury led her to public speaking, and that helped her find her passion for public health and the purpose she had been lacking.
United Spinal member Rob Wudlick had no idea he had a knack and a passion for advocacy when he broke his neck in a diving accident six years ago. Yet in the spring of this year, he helped secure $6 million for SCI research in Minnesota. How quickly things change.
Nurses always had United Spinal member Andrea Dalzell’s back since she started dealing with transverse myelitis at age 5. Now 29, the former Ms. Wheelchair New York is eager to repay the favor when she graduates from nursing school this year.
United Spinal Association will host Earle Powdrell, aerospace engineer and Hometown Hero from Houston, Texas, at its Annual Roll on Capitol Hill.
A gunshot left Harsh Thakkar paralyzed and changed the course of his life. Wheelchair basketball helped him get back on track.