Is it the chair?” What do you see when you look at me? Why am I treated so differently? This happens so consistently. I have eyes, arms, legs, like all the rest, 5 Do I not deserve the very best? Is it the chair? I wish people were more aware. People pass by me like I don’t exist This just makes me really pissed. 10 Some are stupid and like to mock Would they act differently if I could walk? Some people say I am lucky to be in a chair But how can they compare? S

Do you have a mobility impairment for which you have to use a wheelchair? I use a wheelchair and would like to share my experiences and basic helpful hints, so that you will be better prepared when choosing and or using one. The decision to purchase a new chair should be reached after with your doctor, a physical or occupational therapist, a family member or close friend, and the wheelchair vendor, because everyone’s needs and wants are different. One type of wheelchair is a

Brother It was so hard, To believe what they said, The day that my parents, Said my friend was dead. I thought of the days when we played together, In the sun, In the snow, In all types of weather. His mom was so scared, Of the slightest thing, She would never let him, Spread his wings. She never believed, In what David could do. She never believed, He was just like me and you. David to me, Was so much a brother. I can honestly sa

Throughout life, I have learned from so many people. And in return, I will pass it onto the next generation, As soon as I get there. Just be patient darling, you will get there. Your journey is not over yet, and there are still a lot of people; who have not grasp onto your words. So, you need to keep preaching, until, you can not preach no more. I love what I stand for, And no words can ever break me. I may speak with a stumble. But, do not ever show discrimination upon these

When Chicago-based CRJ Captain Tim Schuh heard about the opportunity to serve as crew on the SkyWest-sponsored Flight to the North Pole benefiting children with life-threatening illness in the Milwaukee area, he immediately volunteered to serve as Captain of the special flight. He was eager to give back after his personal experience at the Milwaukee Children’s Hospital with his own infant son. "Our time in the Milwaukee Children’s Hospital NICU, spending all day sitting by ou

Hello , my name is Cecilia ! I am the youngest of five children born to Stanley and Veronica Zwanzig. My mother married my father at the age of twenty-five, which in the 1940’s was considered old for a woman. My mother was a very strong woman and a wonderful role model for us. My father was charming, and great in a crisis situation, but a functioning alcoholic. I consider the term, functioning alcoholic a contradiction in terms. My father functioned in that he was able to att

Hello, my name is Tamara King. My husband and I have a son named Damon who has Spina Bifida. When I first learned that my son would be born with Spina Bifida I was scared and confused. And to be honest, I was a little bit bitter. I was watching so many people around me getting pregnant by accident and their children have no health issues. Here I am with a child that my husband and I had planned and worked so hard for, that was being diagnosed with a condition that we k