• Help Desk
• Submit a Request
• Check on a Request

• Knowledge Books
• Adaptive Vehicles
• Adjusting To SCI/D
• Advocacy
• Assistive Technology & Products
• Useful Spinal Cord Injury Directories
• Caregivers
• Disaster Relief & Emergency Preparedness
• Education
• Employment
• Family and Personal Relationships
• Federal/State Benefits
• Financial Assistance For Individuals With Disabilities
• Fire Safety for Wheelchair Users
• Health and Wellness after SCI
• Helpful Groups in the Spinal Cord Injury and Disease World
• Home Modifications
• Housing
• Insurance
• International Spinal Cord Injury Resources
• Legal Issues & Services
• LGBTQIA + Resources
• New Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Onset
• Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury & Disease
• Physicians - Locating Specialists
• Preventing Spinal Cord Injury
• Professional Organizations, Journals, and Education
• Rehabilitation, New Injury & Recovery Programs
• Research about SCI/D
• Rural Resources
• Service Animals
• Spanish Language Resources
• Spinal Cord Diseases or Disorders
• Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders Lexicon
• Sports, Recreation & Fitness
• State / Local Resources
• Success Stories - Living with SCI/D
• Support Groups
• Traveling With A Disability
• UsersFirst Mobility Map
• Video Resources
• Wheelchairs
• Women's Issues

Help Desk → Success Stories - Living with SCI/D → Stories of Success After SCI/D → Laura Hershey

3.24. Laura Hershey

A tribute to Laura Hershey  a prolific writer and poet who was also an effective spokesperson for disability rights.

Sample poem, 'You Get Proud By Practiicing'