Wheel World News Issue 30 March | Page 10

March 2018

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Each month, we want to highlight a consumer of AZSCIA and hear their story and to read about all the remarkable things people are doing within the community.

This month, we are highlighting Donna Powers. She is going to tell us about her injury, challenges she faces living with SCI, and advice she has for individuals who are newly injured. Take a few minutes to read Donna's empowering story.

This month, meet...

Donna Powers

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The. Worst. First. Date. Ever.

August 27th, 1988 was a Saturday and the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival was in full swing. My date, Bruce, invited me to join him and his friends on the grounds of this Southern Wisconsin farming town event in the late afternoon. When I got there, it did not take much coaxing to get