It's amazing what representation can do to a person. Recognizing yourself in a public figure can uplift and inspire. I've experienced...

Most of the time I don’t let spinal cord injury related problems get to me. Some problems don't seem big but the butterfly effect is...

As a child, I feared a future where chips were implanted in people, as seen in movies where AI or robots took over the world. Today...

I remember after a month, still laying in the hospital bed I told my father I thought I would be forever alone. He said 'If I would meet...

Not knowing what a SCI truly meant, I've found out the hard way. Before I got injured I've never had any health problems. The life...

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has devastating consequences for the physical, social and vocational well-being of the injured person....

A year ago I travelled for the first time by airplane since being in a wheelchair. The first time it was a short flight of 2 hours and I...

To prevent is better than to cure. It's a Dutch saying and I try to keep it in mind when I order water instead of alcohol or when I...

"But you're too pretty to be in a wheelchair" is a comment I often hear. Having a disability is linked to being unattractive, sick or...

Doesn't it seem like everybody is wanting to be like someone else these days. And mostly just famous because of status or money. Open...

I’m a wheelchair user now. Not by choice. Accidents happen. I got used to using the wheels, but my environment didn’t. Accessibility...

Since exo-skeletons are very expensive, starting at 90.000 euros, it's not some amount (most) people just have. So what would you do?...

There must be some positive side to this all. Yes, of course! I believe there is. Being disabled is not always bad. Here is why. Number 1:...