Jun 7, 2023 | Advocacy, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Planning a trip can be exhausting for anyone, but for a wheelchair user there are many intricate elements to consider to ensure you have an enjoyable trip. One of the top issues to consider is the safety of your wheelchair with major commercial airlines. Additionally,...
May 27, 2023 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Check out behind-the-scenes footage of accessible SCUBA diving on my incredible trip to Costa Rica with Wheel the World and Il Viaggio accessible travel company. I I had only ever seen photos of folks in wheelchairs SCUBA diving, but not what was really involved with...
Oct 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Incredibly honored to be invited by United Spinal Advocacy Live with Annie Streit to be a returning guest to discuss my work as Ms. Wheelchair America, my work on promoting disability employment with Open Inclusion, and ongoing health insurance advocacy efforts. We...
May 15, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I am consulting with a beautiful organization called Open Inclusion where I am the Lead in the United States. Open is an organization run for and by people with disabilities where we work with large brands to make products and services more accessible through...
Feb 8, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Thank you Christopher Reeve Foundation for allowing me to be a guest blogger for your incredible organization again! In this article I feature one of my dear friends Sabrina Cohen who is simply taking over the world in Florida in creating an adaptive beach program and...