Author: anna-local

  • The Secret Life Of A Special Needs Parent

    Keep in mind that we may receive commissions when you click our links and make purchases. However, this does not impact our reviews and comparisons. We try our best to keep things fair and balanced, in order to help you make the best choice for you. Parents of special needs children are members of an…

  • Jane Colfer: What is Spina Bifida

    So for today’s blog post I thought I’d give you an insight to what exactly Spina Bifida is and what’s it like for me personally having Spina Bifida. I will also be explaining the 3 main types of Spina Bifida for those of you who don’t know much about the disability itself.  So first things…

  • Amanda Harris

    I have thought about the question, “Where do I belong? The sighted world or the world of the visually impaired?” I have asked this question several times during my life ever since I received my first large print book, and then again after I got my first low vision magnifier. I was born with Nystagmus,…

  • Jane Colfer

    Hi my name is Jane colfer. I am 29 years old. I live in the south east of Ireland in county Waterford. I was born with Myelomeningocele Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. I have been wheelchair bound since the age of 3 years old. I am working as a receptionist in a children’s youth centre. My…

  • Samantha Hadley Draham

    Hello ! I’m Samantha Hadley Graham . I’m almost 44. Born S1 with hydrocephalus. Walked pretty well without assistance till I was 16. The summer of 96, my 4th tethered cord release took away most of my ambulatory function. However, I was still able to walk short distances and with forearm crutches. Last summer, I…

  • Patricia Frazier

    The oldest daughter of 3 ,Patricia Frazier, was born in the year 1970 in a place called the Caribbean  The doctors told her parents that she would not live past a year, but if she did, Patricia would be a “vegetable”, a common term used back then. Patricia’s  parents ignored the doctors and took her…

  • Ali Ingersoll: Wheelchair Air Travel

    Once upon a time, a Fairy God Mother pulled up to the Delta departure gate in a pumpkin-colored chariot to deliver Prince Charming and Cinderella to their first adventure in the sky. The crowds gathered around as they watched pumpkin’s drawbridge lower down where Cinderella exited her chariot in her magical high-speed fancy set of…

  • Cindy Kolbe: 6 TIPS FOR TRAVELING

    My family had rarely traveled before my daughter Beth’s C6-7 spinal cord injury. From a small town in Ohio, she had been on a plane once, to Orlando, Florida. Beth was a fourteen-year-old inpatient in rehab during the summer of 2000. She ordered a manual instead of a power wheelchair, even though she could hardly…

  • Dave Smith

    My name is Dave Marcus Smith. I am 51 years old. I have Spina Bifida with Myelomenigocele. I am the baby of five kids. I have 4 sisters. I am married with 4 step daughters whom i consider my own. When I first set out to write this i had no idea as to what…

  • Colin Michaels

    I was 5 months pregnant with Collin Michael We had the alpha fetal protein test I believe it’s called.. He came back 1-99999999 chance for down syndrome and 1-10 for Spina Bifida so we had to go to a specialist for a special ultrasound and she said “I’m sorry your child does have Spina Bifida…