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

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

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That you're not alone. That not only do people with spinal cord injuries have gone through things very similar to what you've gone through, but that there's a whole disability community out there that understands you in a way that people ... Show More

That you're not alone. That not only do people with spinal cord injuries have gone through things very similar to what you've gone through, but that there's a whole disability community out there that understands you in a way that people without disabilities can't, even as much as they want to. I mean your family is, hopefully, your family and friends are always supportive, and that's a very wonderful thing to have that. But to know other people that have gone through or are going through what you are going through, have been through, is incredibly valuable. I think that just discovering that there's a community out there that has been there too is something that took me a while to find, and I wish that I had known about it in the beginning.

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

Megan

Injured in 1995 at age 18, paraplegic
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That you're not alone. That not only do people with spinal cord injuries have gone through things very similar to what you've gone through, but that there's a whole disability community out there that understands you in a way that people without disabilities can't, even as much as they want to. I mean your family is, hopefully, your family and friends are always supportive, and that's a very wonderful thing to have that. But to know other people that have gone through or are going through what you are going through, have been through, is incredibly valuable. I think that just discovering that there's a community out there that has been there too is something that took me a while to find, and I wish that I had known about it in the beginning.

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