Editor’s Note: Annette Ross was living the fairy-tale life. She had gotten her degree, met the man of her dreams, started a family, and bought a house. Life was moving along beautifully until the day she went to the hospital to give birth to her second child. The excitement of welcoming another daughter to the […]
Editor’s Note: Fitness enthusiast Joanna Bonilla hadn’t been feeling her best when one day, she began experiencing back pain and weakness in her legs. Her mother took her to the emergency room, but by the time the doctors had finished routine testing, she could no longer feel her lower limbs. An MRI revealed a spinal […]
When Wheel:Life learned that two Coloplast SpeediCath users would be featured on an upcoming episode of Access Health, we wanted to take the opportunity to share their amazing stories with the Wheel:Life community. Get to know Tatiana Lee and Kirk Ingram here first, and then tune in to Lifetime TV on August 15 and 22 […]
Editor’s Note: While studying biomedical engineering in his home country of Mexico, Mauricio Meza headed north for an internship at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation center in Toronto, Canada. There, he worked in the assistive technology division helping wheelchair users access technology. With a desire to further explore the possibilities of using technology to facilitate […]
Editor’s Note: Growing up in Long Beach, California, Paul Amadeus Lane was drawn to all things creative. Music became a passion at a young age and the self-proclaimed hyperactive kid channeled his energy into learning to play numerous instruments which eventually led him to gigging with multiple bands, songwriting, and even collaborating with jazz legend […]
Having key support systems after a life-altering injury is crucial. Adjusting to life with paralysis is an ongoing process and for some, that process can be slow. I am now 11 years post-injury and there have been several transitions I have had to overcome during that time. Like many, the first five years were the […]
Editor’s Note: Sebastien Archambeaud has always loved traveling, so when his son was diagnosed with a muscular disease, he decided he wouldn’t let it keep his family from their globetrotting ways. There was, however, a major obstacle: finding accommodations that suited his wheelchair-using son’s needs. Hence, drawing from over 20 years of professional business experience, […]
Editor’s Note: After sustaining severe burns during a car accident in 2012, John Morris became a triple amputee losing both legs below the knee as well as his right hand. At that point, the easy path would have been to accept that his former life as a teacher, globetrotter, and corporate travel consultant was over. […]
Editor’s Note: Michael Johnson of Lansing, Michigan, started racing motorcycles with his father when he was only three years old. In 2005, he suffered a traumatic accident in which he broke his back during a race, leaving him paralyzed from the mid-chest down. After adjusting to his new normal, he found his way back to […]
Editor’s Note: Clayton Frech is the CEO and founder of Los Angeles’ Angel City Sports. His son, Ezra, was born with no left knee or fibula and only one finger on his left hand. At the age of two, his non-functioning leg was amputated, and its big toe was surgically transplanted to his hand giving […]
