May 5, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Thank you to the Christopher Reeve Foundation for allowing me to be a guest blogger to discuss some amazing projects I am working on with a beautiful organization called Open Inclusion. We work with people with disabilities and brands to make products and services...
Apr 27, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Pain. Chronic pain. It’s no joke. It’s debilitating. It can lead to death. It can be physically and psychologically crushing to your soul. Living with physical paralysis, for me, pales in comparison to pain. If...
Apr 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
It was pretty awesome to be a guest last week Hosted by BACKBONES and sponsored by the REEVE FOUNDATION with a good friend Chelsea McDonald. We really dove into some super personal disability topics that are just not normalized in mainstream society! It was an honest,...
Apr 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Before the Accident, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Many of you know I’ve been fighting for an adaptive rowing machine called the Vitaglide for some time now with Blue Cross and Blue Shield. I hit a dead end working directly with BCBS policy directors and I’m now introducing legislation with NC State...
Mar 17, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
You work so hard for so long on a specific project only to have it practically blow up in your face. I’ve been working with Blue Cross and Blue Shield policy directors for the last six months and I recently received beautiful “BS” letter as they say...
