In January of 2020, I participated in a news interview about playground accessibility. A young girl in the Rochester area named Santii was selling hot cocoa for $1 per cup in order to raise money for an accessible swing. Santii wanted to do this because when she was playing on a playground, she noticed anotherContinue reading “Building an Accessible Playground”
Category Archives: Wheel Talk with Stephanie
Are You Our Next Q Roll Model?
Quantum Rehab’s commitment to the Disability Community goes beyond creating innovative power wheelchairs that allow us to live our best lives. We know that there is no one type of wheelchair user and we are committed to creating wheelchairs that are as unique as the people who sit in them every day because we trulyContinue reading “Are You Our Next Q Roll Model?”
More Innovative Power Wheelchairs, Thanks to You!
Over the past few years, Quantum Rehab has been hosting consumer roundtables to get perspectives and feedback from power wheelchair users across the country. These roundtables came to life after the marketing team and the research & development team started brainstorming about how Quantum can create the very best power wheelchairs for users. Quantum alreadyContinue reading “More Innovative Power Wheelchairs, Thanks to You!”
Things People Say to Me and My Husband
My husband and I have been together for over three years. We’ve been married for about seven months. We have a home together, some cats and dogs, stable jobs and disagree about at what temperature the thermostat should be set. All in all, I’d say we’re a pretty average couple. Despite how boringly average weContinue reading “Things People Say to Me and My Husband”
School’s Out for the Summer
For the past two years, I have taught a college-level class on disability person centered planning during the Spring semester. I started teaching this class last year, in the Spring of 2020, and as you can imagine, with a worldwide pandemic, things got tricky pretty fast! I began in January of 2020 with an in-personContinue reading “School’s Out for the Summer”
National Women’s Checkup Day
Every year, the second Monday of May is National Women’s Checkup Day and it is part of National Women’s Health Week. National Women’s Health Week starts on Mother’s Day every year and is a weeklong health observance to remind women and girls to make their health a priority and take care of themselves. It isContinue reading “National Women’s Checkup Day”
How iLevel Helped Me on My Wedding Day
On October 23, 2020, I married my favorite person in the world. Our wedding was nothing like we had planned since the pandemic forced us to cut our guest list from 200 to 20, change the location of our ceremony and reception, and add video technology so hundreds of people could attend virtually. Despite allContinue reading “How iLevel Helped Me on My Wedding Day”
Expanding Access to Role Models for Girls with Disabilities
Back in November, I told you about the new nonprofit organization I co-founded, Disability EmpowHer Network. Disability EmpowHer Network is dedicated to connecting, motivating, and guiding disabled girls and women to grow, learn, and develop their highest potential and gain the confidence to lead. When I first shared the news about Disability EmpowHer Network, we only hadContinue reading “Expanding Access to Role Models for Girls with Disabilities”
Girls with SCI Need Women Mentors with SCI
Anyone can benefit from mentoring, but I cannot stress enough that girls and young women with SCI need women mentors with SCI. Women mentors with SCI can help girls with SCI with their development, academic achievement and self-esteem to improve high school graduation rates and employment rates as adults. Studies show us that girls withContinue reading “Girls with SCI Need Women Mentors with SCI”