CCHS

Mariah Hillis loves the summer. For the 21-year-old, summer represents trips to her family’s cottage and time spent by the water. But she can’t help but feel her disability become more noticeable as the temperature starts to climb. “In the heat of the summer, dressing how I want to dress, I suddenly am very aware of [...]

I had a high spinal cord injury while I was being born, which affected two parts of my brain: the automatic nervous system and the part of my brain that controls the physical parts of my body. As a result, I don’t breathe in my sleep and require a tracheostomy and a ventilator to keep [...]