Author: anna-local

What Fitness Taught Me About Reaching Goals With a Disability When I was a newborn, my parents were told I would never live the life of a “normal” human being, nor make it past the age of 1 and amount to anything if I did make it. From that point on, it only got worse…

Achieving Dreams With Disabilities Life is an uphill battle for anyone especially for people with disabilities. I was born three months premature with Cerebral Palsy and I do not let it stop me. Since I was a kid, I always had a creative mind and a passion for writing. I attended Florida Atlantic University to…

My name is Samantha. I was born January 12th 1987 in Scranton Pennsylvania. I have Myelomenglocele at the L3 level. I am a full time wheelchair user. I am the youngest of 3 children and the only one with a physical disability. Life with this disability has been..let’s say interesting. My parents did not know…

My name is Paul and I’m currently 43 years old. I was born with both Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele (L4-L5, I’m told), and I also have Hydrocephalus. Thankfully, my uncle is a medical doctor (a cancer surgeon), so he was able to connect my parents with some of the best medical care then available and reassure…

Brittany Hill is a 32 year old woman who was born with Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele. Her lesion is located in her lower back. It paralyzed her left leg only from the hip down and she has severe Scoliosis and Hydrocephalus. Growing up with Spina Bifida was definitely different for Brittany. Brittany didn’t go to sleep…