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...
May 11, 2022 | Advocacy, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
This is hard to write – perhaps harder to deal with than chronic debilitating nerve pain, which I suffer from daily. When you are physically disabled and require 24/7 help to take care of all of your daily needs it requires a village of caregivers, family, friends,...
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 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,...
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...