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# 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.

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[![doctors gloves](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/pexels%20doctor%20gloves%20590.png) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/the-doc-you-want-or-gamble-on-er)

## [The Doc You Want — or Gamble on ER?](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/the-doc-you-want-or-gamble-on-er)

April 11, 2023

 During the pandemic madness, I’d been lucky enough to have no critical medical issues, just the normal daily spinal cord injury drill. Then in... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/the-doc-you-want-or-gamble-on-er)

[![tim gilmer and wife ](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/tim%20gilmer%20and%20wife%20590.png) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/beginnings)

## [Beginnings](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/beginnings)

April 10, 2023

 Forget this year’s Super Bowl. The best-ever Super Bowl had absolutely nothing to do with football. [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/beginnings)

[![dollars](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/dollars-499481_1280-1.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/able-accounts)

Advocacy and Policy

## [Congress Expands Access to ABLE Accounts by Increasing Age Limit](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/able-accounts)

April 10, 2023

 In 2014 Congress passed the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act which allows states to create tax-advantaged savings programs for people... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/able-accounts)

[![allen rucker ](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/allen%20rucker%20590.png) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/defusing-inner-rage)

## [Defusing Inner Rage](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/defusing-inner-rage)

April 6, 2023

 One thing that has come back to me lately is that I have never gotten truly angry or enraged about this awful, monumentally unfair paralysis scourge... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/defusing-inner-rage)

[![Laila Scooter Pic](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Laila%20Scooter%20Pic.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/big-brother)

## [Just like her Big Brother](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/big-brother)

April 5, 2023

 Laila was 5 years old when her big brother, Zack, was injured. I remember his siblings coming to visit us in the rehab hospital, I’d buy them banana... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/big-brother)

[![fruit and smoothie](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/element5-digital-acrBf9BlfvE-unsplash.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/paralysis-and-nutrition-easy-tips-to-improve-your-familys-eating-habits)

## [Paralysis and Nutrition: Easy Tips to Improve Eating Habits](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/paralysis-and-nutrition-easy-tips-to-improve-your-familys-eating-habits)

April 4, 2023

 With a spinal cord injury, your body goes through a lot! When first becoming injured, you may experience weight loss as your body uses more energy to... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/paralysis-and-nutrition-easy-tips-to-improve-your-familys-eating-habits)

[![Tyra and group of friends ](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/590%20new%20website%20(20).png) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/to-be-seen)

## [To be Seen, To Be Heard, To Be Understood](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/to-be-seen)

April 3, 2023

 Living as a disabled person with a spinal cord injury can be challenging, but being a Black person with a spinal cord injury (SCI) brings additional... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/to-be-seen)

[![Geoff and emerson](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/590%20new%20website%20(9).png) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/winter-travel-wrap-up)

## [Winter Travel Wrap Up](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/winter-travel-wrap-up)

April 3, 2023

 While we were all happy to have Geoff back from his recent long excursion to Finland, no one was more pleased than Emerson, our beloved pup. Emerson... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/winter-travel-wrap-up)

[![man in powerchair outside](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/Suelta%20todo%20ya.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/dejar-ir-suéltalo-ya)

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## [Dejar Ir, Suéltalo Ya](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/dejar-ir-suéltalo-ya)

April 3, 2023

 En el blog pasado hablábamos de cómo pasar por el proceso de dejar ir a una persona. Dejar ir una relación que más que darnos alegría nos restaba y... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/dejar-ir-suéltalo-ya)

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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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