Meet a quadriplegic mom raising twins

Daniela Izzie

“I’m in a ‘broken’ body, but it’s not broken. It is strong. To have my body do something right – it was very empowering.”

Living with lower and upper limb paralysis following a spinal cord injury, Dani Izzie is a Help Hope Live client Ambassador raising twins girls Lavinia and Giorgiana with her husband, Rudy.

Four ways to get on Dani’s good side:

-Instead of focusing on limitations, recognize the strength, capability, and agency that Dani and her body live out every day.

-Normalize parenting with a disability.

-Get to know the documentary Dani’s Twins! To hear more perspectives and insights from Dani about disabled parenting and pregnancy, check out our Hope Talks.

-Stop calling her an inspiration when she’s just grocery shopping.

“We’re just two normal people raising twins.”