Oct 29, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I’m humbled & speechless beyond words! I was invited by Permobil and that Permobil Foundation to Nashville, Tennessee this year to be there Key Note Speaker for their incredible Casino Night fundraiser to raise funds for wheelchair users to help them...
Jun 10, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
So thankful to Diane Wilson, investigative reporter with ABC11 WTVD-TV and an incredible human being coming over to shoot a video segment for the news on the damage incurred with my power wheelchair when coming back from my trip to Costa Rica with Delta airlinesA...
Apr 6, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
When most people work with me, professionally or in my advocacy life, they usually see a quadriplegic who is well dressed, makeup on, hair straightened, perfectly sitting upright in my wheelchair. I work very hard and very long hours between my pro bono advocacy life...
Feb 21, 2023 | Advocacy, Medical, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
February 15, 2023 UPDATE: Public Comments Needed Again to Lock in Decision: www.rise4Access.org by MARCH 17, 2023 CMS released its long-awaited proposed decision to offer Medicare coverage for seat elevation systems in power wheelchairs, for the first time ever. This...
Jan 25, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury
It starts with Awareness and Determination. On the front of my pro bono advocacy life with respect to health insurance to advance disability inclusion for all … I am honored to partner with VGM and Associates, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive...