# @reevefoundation on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CZxcYE3rzkm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14624723-reevefoundation-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e75a9b218e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-02-09T22:01:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation (@ReeveFoundation) — https://gondola.cc/ReeveFoundation

## Caption

In the 38 years since my accident (and 38 years as a C4 quadriplegic woman), I have had multiple new wheelchairs. Still, I seem to forget the upheaval a new chair brings each time. Change is hard -- our wheelchair becomes our comfortable friend; we are accustomed to its quirks and its company. But the life expectancy of a chair is only 5 to 6 years (not to mention that by then, your insurance company will generally reimburse you for a new chair). 

Read more from guest blogger Sheri Denkensohn-Trott about her steps to be successful with a new wheelchair at the link in our bio or visit ChristopherReeve.org/Blog.

#TodaysCare #ReeveFoundation #SpinalCordInjury #SCI #SCIAwareness #Paralysis #Wheelchair

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## Tags

sciawareness, paralysis, todayscare, spinalcordinjury, wheelchair, sci, reevefoundation

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