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Angela – What do you wish you had known at the beginning?

Angela – What do you wish you had known at the beginning?

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If there’s something that’s been really, really important to me, I’ve been able to find a way to do it. Your problem-solving skills are going to get totally fine-tuned. You need to be knowledgeable about resources and you need to be... Show More

If there’s something that’s been really, really important to me, I’ve been able to find a way to do it. Your problem-solving skills are going to get totally fine-tuned. You need to be knowledgeable about resources and you need to be a good advocate for yourself. And interestingly enough, I sometimes get comments from non-disabled colleagues that I have good advocacy skills that they don’t because of living with disability. So, I guess that would be what I wish I would’ve known from the beginning.

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Angela – What do you wish you had known at the beginning?

Angela

Injured in 1996 at age 15, quadriplegic
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If there’s something that’s been really, really important to me, I’ve been able to find a way to do it. Your problem-solving skills are going to get totally fine-tuned. You need to be knowledgeable about resources and you need to be a good advocate for yourself. And interestingly enough, I sometimes get comments from non-disabled colleagues that I have good advocacy skills that they don’t because of living with disability. So, I guess that would be what I wish I would’ve known from the beginning.

Angela – What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
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