Once Jai and his wife had their beautiful baby girl, he was committed to be a hands-on dad, despite the new challenge of having limited hand and wrist mobility. As his wife recovered from her c-section, Jai jumped right in. “Getting her out…
Michelle Carston was paralyzed after diving into a sandbar in the ocean. Like so many others in her situation, she had to relearn everything. “It’s not that I can’t do things, it’s just they’re done completely differently." She met her…
“I was in the backseat of a Humvee that ran over an IED in Afghanistan. I was thrown out of the vehicle and injured my spine, and was immediately paralyzed from the chest down. One minute you’re a strong individual,…
The irony was not lost on me that day. It was Dec. 18, 2010. I was at 3,000 feet, frigid Pennsylvania air gusting in my face as I leaned forward in my ski boots. Below me, the course unfurled like…
After I got engaged and began planning my wedding, I had to consider how I’d adapt all the traditional elements with my dad to accommodate his wheelchair. My dad was happy to wheel me down the aisle, but the father-daughter dance was a touchy…
Lisa is a mom and a paraplegic in the US. You may have seen her top tips for a mom on wheels, and she took a moment to reflect on her first Mother's Day with her beautiful baby boy. Some thoughts on…
Anyone with any degree of paralysis can learn to sail. Whether you're paralyzed from the waist down or the neck down, there are adapted equipment that allows the aspiring sailor to control the direction of the boat and the sails. You can…
Sabine "Bean" Wagner from Germany traveled around the world in her wheelchair. "It's always been a life dream," Bean shared. "I always wanted to do something like that." Paying for such an adventure was no easy feat, but Bean had a…
You might have heard of Theresa Goh in the international paraswimming circuit, but she sat down with us to share a side of her apart from her training and medals. Paralyzed from birth, Theresa has grown up learning to adapt to…
Lisa is a paraplegic mom with an adorable 8-month-old boy. She, like moms everywhere, is finding the balance between her role of mom and her job, and maneuvering the new experience of parenthood. New parenthood is anxiety inducing, whether or not…