Two Mistakes
April 29, 2023
I am not the oldest para I know by a long shot – as many readers are quick to remind me – but I have been around the barn enough times to see how... 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.
Defusing Inner Rage
April 6, 2023
One thing that has come back to me lately is that I have never gotten truly angry or enraged about this awful, monumentally unfair paralysis scourge... Read More
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
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 MoreThe opinions expressed in these blogs are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.