Caring for your Caregiver: Busting Burn-Out
June 21, 2024
Sometimes I marvel at how easy activities of daily living were before my spinal cord injury about nine years ago. Now simple tasks like exiting my... Read More.png)
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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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Advice to My Past Self Upon Graduating College
May 14, 2024
Living at home after returning from college has changed me for the better. I graduated in May, and it has been all about discovering and learning... Read More.png)
Speak! My Path to Becoming a Theater Techie
April 8, 2024
Magic is occurring in the auditorium. The curtains open, and the lights fade to blue. An ogre runs upstage. The music starts, and the others on stage... Read More.png)
I’m Disabled and it Matters!
March 8, 2024
I am a part of EmpowHer Camp, a yearlong leadership program for disabled young women and it starts with a week of camping in the Adirondacks,... Read More.png)
Hear Her Voice
March 1, 2024
While I have always identified as being disabled, I wasn’t always involved with the Disability Community. I’m personally proud to be a woman with a... Read More
Skiing with Friends
February 9, 2024
I had never skied before my spinal cord injury (SCI) in July 2014, but while still in inpatient rehabilitation in February 2015, the recreational... Read More
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
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 MoreThe opinions expressed in these blogs are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.