2022 – Year in Review – “A Wild Ride”

Dec 31, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized

My father raised me with so many incredible quotes.  Over the course of 2022 and throughout all of my wonderful successes and failures – this one in particular continues to drive me on a daily basis: “Luck is the Residue of Design” – English Poet John...

“Quad Cast” Podcast

Dec 30, 2022 | Advocacy

Help me to support a great new friend named John McAleavy … Incredible human, passionate, driven, and fellow quadriplegic. John has a very cool podcast called “Quad Cast” where he interviews people with disabilities with diverse wide-ranging stories....

Rotary Club 2022 Summit – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar

Oct 31, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized

What a fantastic event! I was invited by the Rotary club (Zones 33/34) to be a panelist on an incredibly insightful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar in October with several other fantastic advocates around the globe. It was truly the most well-rounded and...

One Thing is Certain in Life – You will Have a Disability

Oct 29, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized

Do you know all the general categories of disability and what they mean? Deaf / Hard of Hearing Mobility / Dexterity impairments (i.e. Wheelchair user, restricted movement, balance challenges, limb difference, tremor) Chronic Ailments (i.e. Diabetes, ALS, multiple...

PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH CAROLINA STATE TREASURER — Dale Folwell

Oct 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Misc, Uncategorized

I am incredibly honored to be partnering with Treasurer Folwell and his entire team on an incredibly important non-partisan disability issue regarding raising the age of ABLE accounts. Working with News Team at WRAL I attended the famous North Carolina State Fair...