I Was A Wheelchair Kid

One week away at summer camp changed Angela's whole vision of how she could handle her future.

Amber was 15 when a late-night drive with her family ended in a crash that left her paralyzed. Years later, what happened that night would haunt her in ways she never saw coming. 

Rob was a 17-year-old star football player with big plans for college. But a car crash one rainy afternoon left him paralyzed and forced him to trade touchdowns for something way tougher. 

After 13-year-old Reveca was injured, she changed her plans for the future, and then discovered she didn't have to. 

After sports-loving Molly was injured at age 13, she approached her rehab therapy like sports practice. Then she discovered it worked for everything else in her life. 

Annie had a spinal stroke the night before seventh grade. When she got back to school, she had to wear a surgical halo to stabilize her spine.  So, she went “trick-or-treating” as an angel.  Of course, she did.

Aric was paralyzed in a swimming accident when he was 14. He had been a natural leader before his accident and continued to take charge from his wheelchair. He was never excluded because he simply wouldn’t let that happen. 

Injured as an infant, Bill was used to finding his own way in the world—until 4th grade, when he met a bully who made his life miserable…every single day. 

After a skiing accident left her paralyzed, 16-year-old Allison focused all her efforts on getting back to her old friends at school.  But when she finally got there, things were not at all as she expected. 

Jorge was nine years old, and playing at a friend’s house when one of the kids suddenly brought out a real gun.