Quality of Life Grantee Spotlight: Yucca Valley Material Lab
May 29, 2025
After 20 years teaching in higher education, Heidi Schwegler and her husband, Derek Monypeny, bought a former “junkyard” in the Mojave Desert and... Read More
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.
Peer & Family Support Program Spotlight: Luna Fera
May 29, 2025
Twenty-one-year-old Luna Fera wants to help change the perception of disability. Read More.png)
Board Member Spotlight: Alex Blaszczuk
May 27, 2025
In early 2012, an Information Specialist at the National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC) learned about a young woman who’d recently been paralyzed... Read More
Quality Of Life Grantee Spotlight: U.S. Seated Golfers Association
May 19, 2025
Larry Celano is on a mission to increase awareness and access to seated golf. After playing from a wheelchair for many years, his golf experience... Read More.png)
Quality of Life Grantee Spotlight: North Carolina Adapted Sports
May 12, 2025
As adaptive sports continue to experience significant growth nationwide thanks to increased accessibility and awareness, the movement has opened the... Read More.png)
Motherhood on Wheels
May 9, 2025
When I was 17, my life was rocked to my core. My world was forever changed when I was in a car accident that left me instantly and permanently... Read More.png)
Mind, Body, and Soul
May 7, 2025
As a woman with a disability, I often face unique health challenges that can be overlooked in broader discussions about our health. For those of us... Read More.png)
What's The Difference?
May 7, 2025
I will be eighty in just a few months. I know I will never catch up with those hardy paras already eighty or more, but I do feel like I’ve already... Read More.png)
The Perfect Mom
May 6, 2025
When I ask you to stop and imagine what the “perfect mom” looks like, you might imagine an endlessly patient, organized beauty. Maybe she’s wearing... 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.