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title: Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis | EmpowHer Stories (6)
description: This blog is a part of the Disability EmpowHer Network and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation collaborative blogging program, which uplifts the voices of women and girls with spinal cord disabilities. (6)
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# Voices from the Community
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The opinions expressed in these blogs are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
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[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/the-gauntlet-of-dating-and-trials-of-body-image)
EmpowHer Stories
## [The Gauntlet of Dating and Trials of Body Image](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/the-gauntlet-of-dating-and-trials-of-body-image)
November 23, 2022
It's so easy to swipe right or left on a profile just based on someone's picture. On the rare occasion, someone reads your profile, it needs to... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/the-gauntlet-of-dating-and-trials-of-body-image)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/education-gives-you-the-wings-to-fly)
EmpowHer Stories
## [Education Gives You the Wings to Fly!](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/education-gives-you-the-wings-to-fly)
November 21, 2022
Something I noticed about having a disability while being a higher-education student is that sometimes you really have to rise to the occasion. What... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/education-gives-you-the-wings-to-fly)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/controlling-the-challenge-starting-a-business-with-a-disability)
EmpowHer Stories
## [Controlling the Challenge: Starting a Business with a Disability](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/controlling-the-challenge-starting-a-business-with-a-disability)
November 18, 2022
Starting a business is never easy. Below are three lessons I learned when starting my business, Horizontal Houses. Horizontal Houses was created to... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/controlling-the-challenge-starting-a-business-with-a-disability)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/creating-my-normal-my-journey-as-a-disabled-teacher-in-training)
EmpowHer Stories
## [Creating My “Normal”: My Journey as a Disabled Teacher-in-Training](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/creating-my-normal-my-journey-as-a-disabled-teacher-in-training)
October 19, 2022
Merriam-Webster defines normal as “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern; characterized by that which is considered usual, typical, or... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/creating-my-normal-my-journey-as-a-disabled-teacher-in-training)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/mammograms-from-a-wheelchair)
EmpowHer Stories
## [Mammograms from a Wheelchair](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/mammograms-from-a-wheelchair)
October 13, 2022
Mammogram…. The word alone can erase the smile from most women’s faces. The idea of some stranger seeing bare skin, invading your personal space, and... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/mammograms-from-a-wheelchair)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/daily-dose/aint-i-a-woman)
EmpowHer Stories
## [Ain't I a Woman?](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/daily-dose/aint-i-a-woman)
October 11, 2022
What is womanhood? Who defines it? And most importantly, who gets to decide that a woman is woman enough? [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/daily-dose/aint-i-a-woman)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/my-long-journey-to-physical-education)
EmpowHer Stories
## [My Long Journey to Physical Education](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/my-long-journey-to-physical-education)
September 29, 2022
At the end of August 2002, I was looking forward to my second year as a high school athletic director and physical education teacher. An accident... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/my-long-journey-to-physical-education)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/my-tips-for-accessible-gaming)
EmpowHer Stories
## [My Tips for Accessible Gaming](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/my-tips-for-accessible-gaming)
September 27, 2022
Many people with disabilities enjoy playing video games. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/my-tips-for-accessible-gaming)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/wheeling-around-the-world)
EmpowHer Stories
## [Wheeling around the World](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/wheeling-around-the-world)
September 23, 2022
In 2018, I had just graduated college from the University of Illinois and moved back home. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/wheeling-around-the-world)
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The opinions expressed in these blogs are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
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