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"“I’m so lucky” wouldn’t be the first thing I expected to hear from Mirjana, now living with pain and mobility challenges secondary to an adverse reaction to her antibiotics. I interviewed M..." Read More

"I believe one of the hardest challenges an athlete can face is recovering from a serious sports injury. Susannah Lawson, an outdoor enthusiast and athlete, was forced to do just that; she needed to..." Read More

"I stopped in my tracks when I saw Peter leaping out of his RV with his SideStix. He and his wife were visiting us at the end of a cross- country tour of Canada and he bounded forward with enthusias..." Read More

"Six weeks was all that John Manning was given. Life was going to change drastically for him. John was facing a life threatening diagnosis. The cancer would spread. A forthcoming radical amputation o..." Read More

"I knew before I met Katherine Beattie that she processed a rare kind of mental fortitude. Her determination to nail a backwards wheelchair flip is impressive to watch, to say the least. Sure, part..." Read More

"There are not a lot of choices that you can make, when you’re in the middle of an impossible, F***ed-up situation. The fact that I made a conscious decision to go on this adventure and put myself..." Read More

"If you are lucky, like me, you will be surrounded by a loving family and individuals who have a sense of community. The support we receive along the way helps enable us to reach our potential and fo..." Read More

"I knew I needed to change my life in order to remain healthy after I lost my leg. Only poorly made aluminum crutches with plastic grips existed. The pain in my wrist and the sound of clinking an..." Read More

""I’m not that bad!” That’s what my mom would say about not wanting to use a wheelchair at the mall after her stoke. She'd say, “Just help me to that bench and I’ll sit.” It was a lot..." Read More

"I have never ‘climbed a mountain’ without a team or without intention. Literally spoken, as well as figuratively, every mountain I have climbed has been incredibly hard and has tested my fortit..." Read More