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We sat down with Ryan Herrick from Fort Wayne and unpacked what it means to live independently with a C7 spinal cord injury, from driving solo and hotel check-ins to planning trips just because the city looks beautiful from a new angle. The talk is lean, real, and candid: no studio gloss, just two people trading tools for resilience in the middle of a busy Abilities Expo.
Ryan shares how one broken vertebra redrew his map—and how community filled it back in. He hosts backyard barbecues that bring together a crowd of friends and wheelchairs, proof that access and joy grow when you gather. We question the word “acceptance,” keeping the facts while rejecting surrender, and we explore forgiveness around the drivers in our accidents—how to hold pain and still leave a door open. We also get practical about purpose: vocational rehab, peer advocacy, and the power of small audiences that actually care.
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