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First Responders with Disabilities

First Responders with Disabilities

I am a Law Enforcement Officer. A “street cop”. I have disabilities. To the naked eye, you wouldn’t know. I call them “hidden disabilities”. I was born with a couple, potentially related, congenital birth defects. One is Clubfoot. It’s a lower limb...
Steven Peace – What A Wonderful Ride

Steven Peace – What A Wonderful Ride

When I was young, riding my bike 2-3 miles to a friend’s house to do homework or play a sport, I never would/could have dreamed this would be such an integral part of my life.  Even more so, the bicycle/tricycle would become what I am known for as an athlete, “trike...
Craig Vogtsberger – “I win each moment of each day!”

Craig Vogtsberger – “I win each moment of each day!”

I didn’t know the path my life would take after being injured in the military in 2001. Life became depressing and pointless when my list of injuries and disabilities continued to grow, including a head injury, incomplete spinal cord injury, partial paralysis, drop...
Jamie Whitmore – The Big “C”

Jamie Whitmore – The Big “C”

  I remember I had been searching for answers for months on what was causing my left hamstring pain. I went to specialist after specialist, hospital after hospital and all I kept getting was misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis. The pain was getting worse and I still...
Lisa Victorius – Boston or Bust!

Lisa Victorius – Boston or Bust!

Following her debilitating injury in college which led to foot drop, Lisa shares her latest comeback story. Wednesday, March 25, 2009 – I had just finished a pool workout and was running 800m repeats with hurdles to practice for the steeplechase (a track race...