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From the Wheel With It podcast, photo of Sonny Mullen, Director of Outreach for Help Hope Live. Text reads Helping People with Disabilities Fundraise Despite Medicaid Restrictions.

Help Hope Live on the Wheel With It Podcast

Director of Outreach Sonny Mullen is interviewed on the Wheel With it podcast with host Devon Wieters.

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Yannick Benjamin grins from his manual wheelchair.

My Restaurant Was Named One of New York City’s Best. Here’s Why It Closed.

For people like Yannick, pursuing a creative career means giving up the security of health care coverage and financial stability.

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20-year-old Jack Weeks is seated in his power chair speaking with a standing friend at home.

Gorham man, paralyzed at 16, finds peace and hope in each small win

Four years after a life-changing spinal cord injury, Jack Weeks gains strength with his community behind him.

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Janice Jackson receives a medal from President Barrack Obama.

‘Everything’s been taken away’: Woman fights to remove age restriction for disabilities benefits

Janice Jackson faces dire impact on the benefits she relies on as she turns 65 this month.

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Lyena Strelkoff performs her one-woman play Caterpillar Soup in her wheelchair.

Lyena Strelkoff: 20 Years After the Fall

“The audiences responses were a kind of medicine…it made what I was going through worth it.”

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Frisco community raises nearly $20,000 for mom recently paralyzed in a fall

Norma Hernandez Aguirre “They unified for me, and that was beautiful to watch.” In October, a pickleball fundraiser raised almost $20,000 in honor of Norma Aguirre, a mother recovering from […]

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Voices of Hope | 10.7.24

Hope in Many Forms: Life After SCI and Team Ernie

One parent’s journey four years after her son experienced a life-altering spinal cord injury.

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After a spinal cord injury, Jena Cavanagh sits in a manual wheelchair.
Voices of Hope | 10.4.24

Life Before and After a Spinal Cord Injury: Jena’s Story

“The support of the community is really important, and that is something Help Hope Live provides for all who need it.”

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Jennifer Jenkins seated in her power chair surrounded by seven friends.

Independence, Hope, and My Furry Little Mayor: My Life with SCI

“Disability doesn’t discriminate—anyone can become a part of this minority.”

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Kate and Sonny are in front of the Help Hope Live booth of Abilities Expo NY Metro with client and Ms Wheelchair America Ali Ingersoll. Kate has light skin, curly brown hair, and glasses and wears a Help Hope Live teal polo. Sonny has sandy hair just past her shoulders, light skin, and a matching polo. Ali Ingersoll has light skin, blonde hair just past her shoulders, and a sparkling tiara with a Ms Wheelchair America sash across her chest. She is seated in a black power chair.

TEDx Talk from Client & Advocate Ali Ingersoll

“I discovered my passion and my purpose – a purpose I would not have had without paralysis.”

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