Lack of reliable transportation is a serious barrier to maintaining health, securing essentials for daily life, social interaction, and a reasonable quality of life for people with disabilities. This is why Gathering Strength works to improve accessible parking and public transportation services for people with disabilities in Kentucky.
Since January, 2024, we have provided 7 series of FREE online, adapted exercise and yoga classes–48 individual classes total–for people with disabilities. In March, a spinal cord injury survivor who participated in our Seated Cardio & Core class told us: “Thanks for putting on these virtual classes. It has improved my life and exercise goals […]
Stronger Together Newsletter – Fall 2024In 2006, I suffered a spinal cord stroke. There was no warning and no one knows why it happened. Anything can happen to anyone at any time; everything changed for me that day. EMS took me from my bathroom floor to the emergency room. After surgery, I was admitted to the […]
“Do you know how much you weigh?” This is a rude question in most circumstances, but when you seek medical care, it can be dangerous. I have been asked this question countless times by healthcare providers, including twice in the past month because I use a wheelchair and they don’t have a wheelchair-accessible scale. Without […]
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