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The Quirky Quad Diaries

Our Love Story: RIP Blake Simpson; When I see you again, We will no longer be Paralyzed

He is the love of my life. I will never forget the day I got the call that he had…

VOLUNTARY HOSTAGE SITUATION

VOLUNTARY HOSTAGE SITUATION This is hard to write – perhaps harder to deal with than chronic debilitating nerve pain, which…

HAVE YOU CREATED A SOLUTION THAT HAS HELPED REDUCE BARRIERS AROUND YOU?

Simply Open Awards is a new Global Competition offering individuals with a disability, carers, friends, colleagues, teachers or family members,…

A CRUSHING DEFEAT – BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD – CREATING A RIPPLE EFFECT

The first time in a long time I’m not even sure where to start with this article.  When in doubt,…

My Journey of Being Crowned Ms. Wheelchair North Carolina 2022

The culmination of my life’s work thus far to being crowned Ms. Wheelchair North Carolina 2022 in November 2021 is…

The Rise of Disability Inclusion in the Workplace

Technological, societal, and environmental shifts are reshaping how many companies engage and include people, customers, and communities with disabilities.  This…

Turning Pain into Purpose

The other week I was curled up in bed for over 3 ½ hours dealing with what many who suffer…

The Never Ending Health Insurance Battle – A Year Later!

If you’ve ever applied to college you’ll likely remember waiting anxiously by the mailbox for that large envelope, which was…

How Wilderness Survival Trips Prepared Me for Spinal Cord Injury

I was 300 miles from civilization in the outback country of Western Australia in the Kimberly’s in 95° heat carrying…

ICU Survival Guide with a Twist!

There’s an art and a science to pretty much everything in life and surviving for weeks on end in the…