SCI Life: June 2015


Cheryl Price

Coming Full Circle

One look at Cheryl Price’s life and you may forget she uses a wheelchair. This is a hallmark of her life, one her family instilled in her from the very beginning when she was injured at birth and premature by three months.

“My family’s determination and unwavering belief in my survival are major factors for what got me through a very uncertain couple of years,” she says. Price, 38, was born with a C8-T1 injury in the 1970s, a time when such serious spinal cord injuries in babies did not seem survivable.

But she not only survived, she thrived, and because she lived her childhood with a disability, she was able to transition seamlessly into life as a disabled adult. “I was raised to be as independent as possible, which I believe helped me with my confidence as I matured.”

Originally from Stamford, Conn., she decided to attend the University of Miami to study editing and writing. For 10 years afterwards, she was the editor of a local entertainment magazine in Miami. She is also a board member for mobileWOMEN, a nonprofit dedicated to educating and empowering women with spinal cord injuries. She is currently the managing editor of their site.

“I am thrilled to utilize my love of writing and editing in order to directly impact this strong community of disabled women,” Price says about her work. Also, wanting to fulfill another lifetime goal, in 2008 she gave birth to her son Parker. “I had a blissfully uneventful pregnancy,” she says, crediting her OBGYN, Dr. Salih Yasin, who has a lot of SCI-and-pregnancy experience.

With a life that keeps on rolling, Price proves to the world that a wheelchair needn’t hold us back in the least, and we love her for it.

Steph and Ben Cox

Digitally Sharing Their Love

Steph Cox is not only the wife of Ben Cox, a C6-7 quad from Lubbock, Texas, she’s the voice of Life with a Disabled Husband, a no-holds-barred blog on their married life. Ben met Steph right before being injured in a daredevil skiing accident in 2011, and the two were married last year. After the wedding, Steph decided to share their life by starting a blog describing their highs and lows. She posts about what she appreciates most about being married to Ben, and she also writes about their less glamorous moments — like her needing help with bills and his learning how to be OK with asking for help.

In a sea of SCI relationship blogs, this is one of the best. The honesty found on Life with a Disabled Husband can’t be beat. Their frank talk on the reality of relationships could help many AB/SCI relationships. Check it out at www.lifewithadisabledhusband.wordpress.com.

Canada’s Accessibility Hawk

Timothy Maxwell, a passionate wheelchair user in Edmonton, Canada, is all about enlightening those living in his city regarding the daily inaccessibility issues of wheelchair users. Called Mightywheels, his blog profiles inaccessibility issues from using entrances to curb cuts, and it also shares some keen insights from the author. Click on www.mightywheels.blogspot.ca


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