Living Beyond Disability: Personal Stories from People with Disabilities

Will Kirkpatrick

 

Sixteen-year-old Will Kirkpatrick, born with spina bifida, walks with the support of a cane or crutches, but most of the time he uses a wheelchair. Will’s disability doesn’t interfere with his busy schedule. When he’s not in school, he enjoys spending his time fishing, hunting, swimming, playing basketball and hanging out with family and friends. He and his brother like to watch TV together and surf social media sites such as Facebook. In the summer, he spends his time at two recreational camps.

 

More information about living with disabilities:

•CDC’s work in Disability and Health www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/index.html

•Lakeshore Foundation www.lakeshore.org

•United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=111

•CDC Video: Bernard Baker - “What’s Disability to Me?” www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/video/bernard/index.html

•CDC Feature Article: “People with Disabilities: Living Healthy” www.cdc.gov/Features/Disabilities/

•CDC Feature Article: “Twentieth Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)” www.cdc.gov/Features/ADAAnniversary/

 

 

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