Calling for diversity and link it to justice and equality is a good thing. But there is more to it. Diversity, inclusion and equity are...

What to eat when you are a wheelchair user? It’s very easy to gain weight when you are sitting all day. Especially when you move less...

When I became paralyzed I continued to post pictures of myself on Instagram. I did not feel shame about moving around in a wheelchair. It...

Can you have sex? Can you have kids? These are very common questions abled people ask me, being a wheelchair user, a paraplegic. The...

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...

Living with a spinal cord injury also means you are more vulnerable in the current situation with the corona crisis. The respirational...

Every person is unique. And that's your greatest strength. I never fitted in, so I know what being labelled as 'different' feels like. I...

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...

So maybe you have a relative, a friend, a colleague or a neighbor that goes through life using a wheelchair. Or maybe you've once broke...

A few days ago I woke up and while trying to get out of bed, during the transfer from my bed to my wheelchair I noticed one of the tires...

Stop smoking?  Start exercising?  Eat healthy? More work/life balance? Make more money? I don't do New Year's resolutions. My only goal...

Discovering the Strength Within: Living with a Disability for Three Years and What I Learned Along the Way My mom texted me this morning...

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...

We all have good and bad days or weeks. My days are filled with dealing with "accessible". Yesterday and the day before that I couldn't...

A lot of people in their twenties act like being 29 is the last year of their lives. Well I personally think there is no need to be so...

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...

For some it's easier than for others but as times passes and situations occur we need to adapt at some points in our lives. Adapting...