Ever since he was a little kid, Todd loved to ride motocross. As he said during the interview, “I turned professional in the summer of 2012, but I’d been riding since I was, like, 6 years old.” Todd...
About 10 years ago, I had just turned 18, I had been dancing competitively for 11 years and was a month away from graduating high school when in a split second my life changed forever. On April 21,...
David Hill is a huge Florida Gator football fan, a loving son, and an irrepressible optimist. He is also a survivor of a C4/C5 spinal cord injury (SCI) that left him a quadriplegic. Yet, despite...
Keeping the scales of life in balance is a tough chore for anyone. I am a spousal caregiver for my husband who is a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic as a result of a spinal cord injury. His medical...
Mason Ellis shares videos and articles with the Spinal Cord Injury Community based on his experiences living as a complete C5, C6, C7 quadriplegic survivor. Mason was injured on January 19, 2015 in...
June 17, 2000, started out like any other normal Saturday. It was the beginning of summer break, between her junior and senior years of high school, and Dana was meeting her mom to get pictures taken...
Joseph Groh, a spinal cord injury survivor with a dogged commitment to helping others, never thought he would transition from the two wheels of his bike to the four years of his wheelchair. Where...
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