• LeAnn Swinney: Brain Aneurysms

    I always start my story with “I went to sleep as LeaAnn, and woke up a total stranger.” One September 2014 Labor day I suffered an acute Subdural Hematoma, otherwise know as a bleeding stroke and brain aneurysm, which led to brain surgery to relieve the pressure in my brain. Due to a blood disease…

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  • Hydrocephalus: A Ticking Time Bomb

    You don’t know when, you don’t know how…but, you know it will. Each day goes by, turning into a week, a month…a year. Moments of happiness, moments of sadness and…moments in between. Regardless thereof…the aching pain inside your head reminds you of your own reality.People come and people go, “each to their own”, as the…

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  • Hydrocephalus: Do You Limit Yourself when it comes to Learning?

    Written by Skye Waters  Fear…a driver for most (negative) things in life. It’s certainly blocked me from doing a few things. In fact, had it not been for fear, I now know that nothing (physically) would have happened to me. But, I stopped myself before I could reach that point. When I started realising that…

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  • Jane Colfer: What is Hydrocephalus?

    Today I’d like to talk to you all about a condition which is known as Hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus is caused by the build up of fluid in the cavities that can be found deep within the brain. The excess fluid causes the ventricles to grow in size there for adding extra pressure on the brain. Another…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • Chad Waligura: Able Outdoors 

    “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be…” – Anne Frank That quote has been on the front page of my Follow…

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  • Chad Waligura: The Joys Of Flying Solo

    It wasn’t until after 10 years of traveling post-injury that I got the bright idea that I might be able to do it by myself someday. It was kinda like putting the pieces of the puzzle together. I had loaded my bags in my truck, driven to the airport and parked in one of their…

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