"The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer." - Will Rogers
Voices
By: Zina Atkinson | Fall/Winter 2024
Long-Term Care Is a Short-Term Solution
There's an urgent need for accessible housing and trained disability care, as young individuals with SCI face life in ill-suited long-term care
You can do hard things
Overcoming Grief, Change, and Adversity. Read more about Greg's story...
Breaking the Mould
Resilience and creativity in adapting to life with a disability
Get Me Through the Door
People with disabilities often find themselves facing closed doors. Some of them are physical doors that keep them from participating in what is on the other side. Other times they are metaphorical ones that keep them...
Unbroken Spirits: Stories of Triumph & Transformation
A film can entertain, inform, and bring the viewers on a journey. They can also inspire. There is no shortage of people who inspire within the disability community.
Choosing Happiness
David Holmes will tell you he is a lucky man. Many people would disagree with him, but they don’t possess the resilience, understanding and hope that he has.
Upside Down
You are going about your daily life when it is changed forever in the blink of an eye. You suddenly find yourself in an alien body with your whole life being turned upside down and without any idea what the future will...
Meet Wendy Cooper-Parkinson
Wendy Cooper-Parkinson’s journey in the art world began in the eighties when her kids were still young.
Pedalling Possibilities
Sometimes the journey is the goal. We caught up with Kevin Mills as he was Pedalling Possibilities and pursuing his nationwide bike tour.
From One Generation to the Next
Karen Vigmond continues the legacy of philanthropy and commitment at SCIO.
The Healing Power of Art
Finding new ways to enjoy things she did before her injury, like expressing her creativity through art, has been a salve for the soul.
On the Journey Together
Sharon Russell understands firsthand that navigating an SCI in the family can be an overwhelming journey that simply can’t be faced alone. A year ago, her husband Bill sustained an SCI.
Looking Back to Look Forward
People with lived experience are the best source of information about day-to-day living and can also talk about the emotions associated with sustaining a spinal cord injury. That is the basis of our Peer Program.
Navigating SCI as a Family
“We don’t talk often enough about the impact that an SCI has on the family’s mental health as a whole...”
Filling the Toolbox
When you are struggling with poor mental health, there are many different tools you can use to help you.
Finding the Light on Dark Days
When you are passionate about helping others overcome challenges and barriers, and you work for an organization that is dedicated to the same, it is more than a job, it is a vocation.
Scooting Through Life
Access to the right equipment after sustaining a spinal cord injury can ease the challenges in daily living, Frank Walker understands this well from personal experience.
Adaptation: How Jake Thomas Combined his Love of Sport and Filmmaking
Jake Thomas is a passionate filmmaker from Ontario, breaking boundaries in action sports.
Through the Desert to the Water
Saleh spent most of his years between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where accessibility was less than ideal and at times non-existent.
