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title: Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis | Howard Menaker (4)
description: Howard Menaker is a retired communications and public affairs executive, with over 30 years of experience in international corporations and trade associations. Previously, he worked as an attorney, specializing in civil litigation. He now devotes much of his time serving on non-profit boards of directors, including a prominent theater company and a historic house museum in the Washington, DC area. He and his husband split their time between Washington and Rehoboth Beach, DE. (4)
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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/the-magic-of-theater)
## [The Magic of Theater](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/the-magic-of-theater)
January 25, 2023
We all need to escape. From time to time, we need to leave our real-world challenges behind and just get away. But for those of us with spinal cord... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/the-magic-of-theater)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/just-five-minutes)
## [Just Five Minutes](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/just-five-minutes)
January 10, 2023
Here we go again. The New Year. Time for resolutions. Time to resolve to lose weight, exercise more, visit friends we haven’t seen in years, and take... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/just-five-minutes)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/happy-new-year)
## [Happy? New Year](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/happy-new-year)
January 5, 2023
Here we are again. The New Year. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/happy-new-year)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/look-on-the-bright-side)
Mental Health
## [Look on the Bright Side](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/look-on-the-bright-side)
January 2, 2023
Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa have come and gone. The New Year’s Eve champagne bottles are empty. It is cold outside, the days are short, and the... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/look-on-the-bright-side)
[ National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/cheerleading-season)
## [Cheerleading Season](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/cheerleading-season)
December 13, 2022
As I sit here at my computer, it is a clear, crisp winter day. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/cheerleading-season)
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Lifestyle Reeve Summit
## [The Power of Sharing](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/the-power-of-sharing)
November 7, 2022
Often, it feels like we are alone. How many times have you been out to a restaurant, a concert, a business meeting, or a play, and you are the only... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/the-power-of-sharing)
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Reeve Summit
## [Connecting at the Summit](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/connecting-at-the-summit)
October 25, 2022
What an exciting, inspiring, and educational two days at the 2022 Reeve Foundation Summit! The Foundation billed the Summit as “Where Care, Cure and... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/connecting-at-the-summit)
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Lifestyle
## [What’s Your Superpower?](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/whats-your-superpower)
October 14, 2022
The idea of having a superpower is one many of us share. Children dream of having superpowers: super strength, the ability to fly, or invisibility.... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/whats-your-superpower)
[](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/stretch-yourself)
Adaptive Fitness
## [Stretch Yourself](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/stretch-yourself)
October 10, 2022
Before my spinal cord injury, I truly enjoyed working out in the gym. I would never have been called a “gym rat” or a muscle guy, but it felt good to... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/blog/life-after-paralysis/stretch-yourself)
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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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