2022

It’s not every day that you see someone with a disability portrayed in different sports in the community. However, I just had the opportunity to be a presenter at the Cleveland Boat Show, an expo showcasing all things boating, which includes kayaking!  I was asked by the LoCo ‘Yaks to help them demonstrate adaptive paddling. …

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Reading hasn’t always had a place in my life.  I always wanted to be a reader but just couldn’t stay focused enough to get into a book.  Until I found personal development, or self-help, books.  Whatever you call them, I love them.  I nerd out to them.  I always have my highlighter close by, marking…

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Resilience is the ability to overcome adversity.  For those of us with spinal cord injuries, or another physical disability that requires the use of a wheelchair, difficulties and misfortunes are everywhere. Resilience is defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulities.  But what is required to become resilient? Are we born with it or…

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