Amy Brown’s four-year-old suffered a devastating spinal cord injury. Yet she never wavered. In 2009, four-year-old Alex Brown suffered a spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma. Two days later, Alex had a spinal cord stroke. And young mom Amy Brown became more…
Five years after a life-changing bicycle accident, an SCI warrior gains the ultimate independence. Jessica Harris needed to get out of the house. And she did–five years after a freak bicycle accident while on vacation stole her ability to walk.…
Three years after a tree falling accident, one man doesn’t know the meaning of the word “quit.” Gabe Piselli is your quintessential outdoorsman. The 43-year-old father of two young, athletic boys grew up learning “the trades” in his family’s construction…
When someone suffers a spinal cord injury, the devastating physical effects are evident. The mental and emotional ones are not. Tommy Swarts discusses both. In 2008, Tommy Swarts was a 20-year-old software developer, working with clients such as Palm Pilot,…
Nearly a year after his SCI car accident, Allen Daniels sees his misfortune as a way to inspire and educate other drivers. Allen Daniels wheels into the interview with the poise and confidence of a man who knows where he’s…
Michael Commendatore took his wife to Costa Rica. He endured a 48-hour odyssey back to the states with a T7 SCI. Michael Commendatore is a Renaissance Man. At 48 years old, he already had careers as a high school teacher,…
For this young man, it was his Union, but for many SCI warriors, non-traditional funding is the only way to make meaningful physical progress. In the summer of 2019, 31-year-old Steve Spatocco was “trending upward.” The Delaware County, PA native…
A lifelong caregiver asks, “What Would Ryan Do?” In February 2021, Amy Ericksen, a nurse working with homebound patients, left a patient’s home and her car skidded out on black ice. She hit a tree, and when the chaos…
Claire Senita became wheelchair-bound in 8th grade. That didn’t stop her from moving forward with purpose. Claire Senita was 14 years old and was warming up for a tumbling/gymnastics class, laughing along with her 8th grade friends. “It was a…