Hero or Not a Hero
March 22, 2023
My wife is in her eighth month of treatment for breast cancer which includes a mastectomy, many chemotherapy sessions, and a six-week radiation... Read More
Voices from the Community
Our blog offers stories from the community, updates from the Reeve Foundation, and breaking news on research.
The opinions expressed in these blogs are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
The Wisdom of Common Sense
March 14, 2023
Early on in my paralyzed life, I developed a problem wound/ulcer on the most obvious place in the world, the coccyx or tailbone. I began to visit a... Read More
Eight Ways to Thrive with Paralysis
February 23, 2023
Social media, that two-faced ghoul, has accelerated to hyper speed a habit Americans were already addicted to: lists. Lists use much less brain power... Read More
Be Careful Out There
January 30, 2023
Every morning when the alarm goes off, the first thing I do is unstrap my legs, which are bound together, resting on a pyramid of pillows, in a... Read More
Who's Calling Who Uppity
January 24, 2023
In a recent NPR story about the widely-reported research study on how doctors discriminate against patients with disabilities, the senior author of... Read More
How I Lost And Found My Way
December 26, 2022
Sometimes wisdom, or maybe just a well-turned phrase, can come from the strangest of places. Read More
Conquering Loneliness During the Holidays
December 21, 2022
Loneliness is a contagion in America. It’s almost a national characteristic, like the love of guns. The literature on the subject is vast -- there... Read More
A Rising Tide
December 15, 2022
For the last thirteen years, I – along with my tireless partner, Deborah Calla – have been in charge of the annual Hollywood event called the Media... Read More
It's Not You, It's Them
November 30, 2022
Many, if not most of us in wheelchairs and otherwise disabled, are notably self-conscious, especially in public. Even for the most seasoned of us, it... Read MoreThe opinions expressed in these blogs are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.