We’re Not There Yet
August 15, 2022
When CODA walked away with three Academy Awards earlier this year, probably a lot of people, disabled and non-disabled, thought that, finally, the 61... 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.
Before the ADA
August 2, 2022
I’m sure someone more knowledgeable about the law will soon expand on this matter, but I think it’s understood among disability-rights groups that... Read More
Stay Home and Watch This
July 20, 2022
If you are like me, you won’t be wandering too far off the farm this summer. I see all those people on TV jampacked into airports and ask, “What are... Read More
Shifting the Narrative
July 14, 2022
According to a blistering op-ed piece in a recent New York Times, the time has passed for the Baby Boom generation and their elders to get off the... Read More
The Consequences of Not Dying
June 7, 2022
I’m getting up in years and from all that I read, from the weekly New York Times Science section to the ubiquitous come-ons to oldsters from top... Read More
The Aftermath
May 31, 2022
A month and a few days ago – April 13 – I had a reverse shoulder replacement surgery. The surgeon removed the ball and socket in my left shoulder,... Read More
Cultural Power Isn't Political Power
November 18, 2021
In an interview with “The New Yorker Radio Hour” the other day, John Stewart said something so succinctly and so spot-on, in my humble opinion, that... Read More
The Humble Sliding Board
August 30, 2021
When I became paralyzed many moons ago, I soon realized that appearances mattered. If I let people know how I was often feeling – weak, useless,... Read More
Hope Happens Here: Allen Rucker
July 1, 2020
I became paralyzed from the neuroimmune disorder, transverse myelitis, about eighteen months after Christopher Reeve had his terrible accident. 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.