Jun 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Whenever we experience trauma or go through an extremely challenging time in our lives we often remember the bad. We remember the ugly. We don’t remember little moments of hope because our brains are wired generally catastrophize experiences. Just think about...
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...
May 30, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Flying on a Commercial Airline as a C6 quadriplegic paralyzed from the chest down — I wish I could sugarcoat this for this for wheelchair users out there who have significant mobility impairments, but I struggle to. Traveling in a wheelchair is no joke. It takes...
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...
May 23, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
In 2020, I was eligible for a new power wheelchair. I worked tirelessly to make the medical necessity argument for a power seat elevator. My private insurance carrier denied me. I spent months appealing only to receive the dreaded letter titled “Final Adverse...
