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Meet Trupti Meet Trupti Chordiya, an Indian Paralympic swimmer and gold medalist. She tells her powerful story and we kick off a month in stores from…

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Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Paralympic Swimming
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Abolfazl Portalash iranian child prodigy

Ability Abolfazl Portalsh a child for whom disability has no meaning he knows only of ability. He started learning to swim with enthusiasm and perseverance i…
Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Adaptive Scuba Diving with Diveheart
Amputee

You Can't Keep a Fish Out of The Water

My Two Legged Journey Hi, I'm Morgan Stickney (@morgiepoo_16). I am a 21 year old competitive swimmer and a pre-med college student. Six years ago at morning practice my f…
Congenital Limb Condition

Swimming Through The Odds: The Life of A Paralympic Swimmer
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

My Life & Sports Journey: Transverse Myelitis

Transverse Myelitis Didn't Stop Me! My life and sports journey began when I was just 5 ½ months old.  During the night a virus called Transverse Myelitis, attacked my spinal c…
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Age and disability is no barrier
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Dancing with a Russian Dissident

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt Now successfully relocated to Grand Cayman (see previous blog I Ran Away), we traded in our long pants, boots, and mittens for a much simpler attire …
Amputee

Sophia Herzog: Tiny But Mighty
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Something's in the water...

Our Most Recent Blog Post Travel Blog Great Barrier Reef 11/12/2016 ​The Globerollers have taken on many land based challenges over the past year, but we've begun to get bored…
Amputee

Life single-handedly since 1995!

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Paralympic Swimming Adventures

"When I began water therapy," said Beth, "no one expected me to ever move in the water without someone holding me up." My youngest child was paralyzed in a car accident near our hometown in Ohio. We became a team. In the rehab pool for physical therapy, Beth, fourteen…
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

If I can scuba dive, yooocan too!
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

THE PATH TO INDEPENDENCE

“Early on, I decided that I was going to become completely independent no matter how long it took.” During a car accident, Beth’s spinal cord was cut at C6-7 by shattered bone. She had quadriplegia with four limbs impaired. Fourteen years old, she f…
Stroke (CVA)

My Hard Road to Victory
Rare Disease & Syndrome

Beginnings

Beginnings Hi! My name is Lorraine, I'm 26 years old and I live in Brazil. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease (NMO). Within 24 hours after my diagnosis …
Other

Why We Play and Yoocan team up
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Journey with the Fosters: an Inter-abled Couple

Our Story🤍 Hello! Connor and Lindsay here 👋🏼. We are high school sweethearts and got married in November 2021. (Woo newlyweds!) We have been together for 7 1/…
Amputee

My story, nothing is impossible ❤️

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