Paul Brailer, founder of Criptaedo, shares videos of his martial arts skills at a professional black belt level. He demonstrates how he would defend himself from someone who was attacking him with a knife. He shows his defense strategies from…
Glenn Moscoso was born with cerebral palsy. He is a parent to two boys. As a parent with a disability, Glenn admits he always believed that participating in activities with his children would be a challenge. However, Glenn’s sons taught…
“It has been said that there is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved, and people with spinal cord injuries should not be excluded from that opportunity,” says psychologist Angela Riccobono. She is one of the featured…
Emma Muldoon, born with spinal muscular atrophy, loves to travel and participate in new activities. For one of her adventures, she wanted to take her nephew to go Alpaca trekking. After doing some research online Emma found the Alpaca Trekking…
Natalie Barnhard is a community activist, speaker, entrepreneur, and disability advocate. Natalie was involved in an accident in 2004 which resulted in a spinal cord injury. She became a C5/6 quadriplegic. Natalie continued to live an active lifestyle post-injury but…
Not everyone who uses a wheelchair is a natural born athlete. Tiffiny Carlson, a quadriplegic, says she is often asked about her involvement in wheelchair sports. While she is not involved in any team sports, like wheelchair rugby, she does…
Debra Keenahan, born with dwarfism, is an artist and academic. However, one of her greatest accomplishments is being a mother to her eighteen-year-old daughter. She was recently interviewed on the Today Show. Debra was told that her chances of becoming…
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?…
Cory Lee is an experienced world traveler who was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Last year, he traveled to Austria. Cory shares his favorite wheelchair-accessible destinations in Salzburg, Austria. “We started wandering aimlessly, something I usually hate doing as I…
Josh Smith, a quadriplegic, was tired of paying someone to mow his lawn and he took action. He searched the web to check out the newest technology. “Nowadays there’s a robot that can do everyday tasks so I figured there…