--- title: Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis (106) description: Voices From The Community offers stories from the spinal cord injury and paralysis community, updates from the Reeve Foundation, and breaking news on SCI research. (106) --- [Community](https://www.christopherreeve.org/community) [Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis (106)](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/page/106) # 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. [Latest from our community](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en) [Reeve Round Up](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en?cat=reeve-round-up) [Life After Paralysis](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en?cat=life-after-paralysis) [Research](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en?cat=research) Close Filters Lifestyle Health Español EmpowHer Stories Caregiving Advocacy and Policy News Quality of Life Grantee Spotlight Relationships SCI Awareness Hope Happens Here Team Reeve Mental Health Peer & Family Support Program Spotlight Travel Community Spotlight Reeve Summit Adaptive Fitness Events Assistive Technology Community Education Accessible College Reeve Family Emergency Preparedness Donor Spotlight Employment Military / Veterans Pediatrics Reeve Collaborators International Team LeGrand Show all tags Apply Filters Clear Filters Close Filters [![close up of someone's brown eye](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/pexels-pixabay-63320-1-1-1.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/eyedrops-the-easy-way) Health ## [Eyedrops: The Easy Way](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/eyedrops-the-easy-way) November 4, 2021 Often, I see people really struggling to give themselves eye drops. It can be a challenge because your eye is protected by the blink response to stop... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/eyedrops-the-easy-way) [![Man smiling and using a wheelchair while looking at a woman sitting and smiling next to him](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/xlarge_RM_MT_2015_007.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/caregiver-burnout-part-1-your-needs-are-equally-important) Caregiving ## [Caregiver Burnout Part 1: Your Needs Are Equally Important](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/caregiver-burnout-part-1-your-needs-are-equally-important) November 2, 2021 This blog is the first in a two-blog series on caregiver burnout. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/caregiver-burnout-part-1-your-needs-are-equally-important) [![Man at doctors ](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/hollister-blog.png)](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/diagnosing-and-treating-utis-when-you-have-a-spinal-cord-injury) Health ## [Diagnosing and Treating UTIs When You Have a Spinal Cord Injury](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/diagnosing-and-treating-utis-when-you-have-a-spinal-cord-injury) October 27, 2021 Unfortunately, urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be all too common when you have a spinal cord injury. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/diagnosing-and-treating-utis-when-you-have-a-spinal-cord-injury) [![Zack at the hospital](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/zack-1.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/getting-a-baclofen-pump) Health ## [Getting A Baclofen Pump](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/getting-a-baclofen-pump) October 26, 2021 About two months ago, I went in to get surgery for a baclofen pump. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/getting-a-baclofen-pump) [![Will wearing an orange Team Reeve shirt with a NYC marathon medal around his neck.](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Photo-Credit-NYRR.jpg)](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/my-why-will-reeve) Team Reeve Reeve Family ## [My Why: Will Reeve](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/my-why-will-reeve) October 22, 2021 On Sunday, November 7, 2021, Team Reeve will take on the TCS New York City Marathon! [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/my-why-will-reeve) [![Jack and his dog](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/jack-weeks-1-1-1-1.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-jack-weeks) SCI Awareness ## [Then and Now: Jack Weeks](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-jack-weeks) October 12, 2021 Jack Weeks fields questions about his spinal cord injury with the undisguised and bracing honesty of a teenager. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-jack-weeks) [![The Wooten's](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Kylee-Madi-Wooten-Team-Reeve-My-Why-Pic2-1.jpg)](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/my-why-kylee-and-madi-wooten) Team Reeve ## [My Why: Kylee and Madi Wooten](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/my-why-kylee-and-madi-wooten) October 5, 2021 On Sunday, October 10, 2021, Team Reeve will take on the Bank of America Chicago Marathon! [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/daily-dose/my-why-kylee-and-madi-wooten) [![Dani holding her twin daughters](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/dani-izzie-headshot-2jpg-1-1-1.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-dani-izzie) SCI Awareness ## [Then and Now: Dani Izzie](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-dani-izzie) September 30, 2021 The field trip to the museum was meant to inspire the recently injured patients from the rehabilitation hospital. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-dani-izzie) [![Tim Gilmer](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/tim-gilmer-1-1-1-1.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-tim-gilmer) SCI Awareness ## [Then and Now: Tim Gilmer](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-paralysis/then-and-now-tim-gilmer) September 30, 2021 In 1965, a friend invited Tim Gilmer to fly to the California coast. 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