--- title: Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis (63) 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. (63) --- [Community](https://www.christopherreeve.org/community) [Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis (63)](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/page/63) # 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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You NEED to come to the EmpowHer Camp and meet this kid”. These were the introductory words that Stephanie... [Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/disabled-girls-run-the-world) [![medical equipment](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/julia-zyablova-S1v7hVUiCg0-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/medical-model-rx) ## [The Medical Model — Rx for Discrimination?](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/medical-model-rx) February 17, 2023 Last October, the respected health policy journal Health Affairs (“the bible of health care policy”) dedicated an entire issue to the topic of... 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[Read More](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/new-resource-adaptive-sports-booklet) [![zcollie-grad-image](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/hubfs/zcollie-grad-image.jpg) National Paralysis Resource Center](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-graduation) Lifestyle ## [Life After Graduation](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/life-after-graduation) February 13, 2023 At the end of last year, in the fall of 2022, I officially completed my master’s degree. I received my master’s in counseling with an emphasis in... 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