Transitioning from Manual to Power
November 11, 2024
After nearly 59 years as a para using a manual wheelchair, I’m now in the beginning stages of making the change to power. The first thing I’ve... Read MoreOur 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.
November 11, 2024
After nearly 59 years as a para using a manual wheelchair, I’m now in the beginning stages of making the change to power. The first thing I’ve... Read MoreNovember 1, 2024
My birth, 50 years ago on November 28, interrupted both a football game and my mom’s OB/GYN’s Thanksgiving dinner at home with his family. And this... Read MoreOctober 1, 2024
The act of violence that leads to a spinal cord injury can happen in many ways; my experience comes from a gunshot wound inflicted during a domestic... Read MoreOctober 1, 2024
When I was 15, I was injured and diagnosed as a C4 quadriplegic. At the time, it felt like my life was over before it even began. I couldn’t imagine... Read MoreOctober 1, 2024
En este mes de la hispanidad, para celebrar se me vino a la mente entrevistar a un personaje que admiro mucho; Él es mi esposo. En esta entrevista... Read MoreSeptember 25, 2024
When I became paralyzed in December of 1996, only 18 months or so after Christopher Reeve’s horse accident, he was a ubiquitous presence in the news.... Read MoreSeptember 16, 2024
I’ve written about pregnancy from my perspective as a paraplegic, but I’ve often wondered: Read MoreSeptember 13, 2024
Por 50 años se celebra en los Estados Unidos el mes de la herencia hispana. Según los editoriales del National Geographic, los hispamos celebramos no... Read MoreSeptember 9, 2024
Being a wheelchair user in graduate school has been both an amazing and challenging journey. When I started college as an undergraduate, I had little... 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.