No One Told Me I Needed a Mental Health Plan
January 16, 2024
‘’I woke up and I couldn't feel my legs.’’ This is what I said on May 6, 2016. You see, on this day I had a massive stroke that paralyzed me from the... 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.
Self-Advocacy Exhaustion
January 9, 2024
Over the summer, I ended up traveling back-to-back to Las Vegas and 48 hours later to Austin, Texas. Airfare travel takes a lot of self-advocacy from... Read More
Live Your Best Life
January 2, 2024
In the Disability Community, we speak a lot about advocacy and its many different forms. In the last couple of months, I have been reflecting on what... Read More
The Disability Community Deserves Real Representation
December 22, 2023
My name is Emily Lickman, I’m 18 years old, and as a member of the Disability Community, I am tired of TV shows that keep hiring nondisabled people... Read More
Para-Dancing Power
December 18, 2023
“Watching you dance made me see my own disability in a different way” - a fellow artist relayed this to me last year after I was invited to perform... Read More
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Holidays with a Disability
December 15, 2023
Halloween. An exciting holiday filled with candy, costumes, and the scariest thing of all: inaccessibility. Read More
Learning Interdependence As a Disabled Woman
October 30, 2023
I first heard the word “interdependence” when I was 18. I’d been active in disability spaces for a few years before I was introduced to the idea that... Read More
My Journey From Being An Advocacy Princess To Being An Advocacy Queen
October 23, 2023
I discovered my passion for advocacy during my high school years. I would help my friends get the necessary accommodations. I worked with the speech... Read More
The opinions expressed in these blogs are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.