# @reevefoundation on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzar3pVjk8c
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14625515-reevefoundation-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/f008552ac1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-07-02T14:00:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation (@ReeveFoundation) — https://gondola.cc/ReeveFoundation

## Caption

Join the movement and share your story today. #ReeveSeeUs | "My name is Laura Miola and I am a 29 year old mother and wife. 
At the age of 3 it was discovered that I had an unknown disease that affects the peripheral nervous system. 
I always knew that one day I would lose my ability to walk, leaving me to live a life with many dreams and fears of what I will actually be able to accomplish. 
I feared that I would no longer be autonomous. I feared I would never find love and that I would not be able to live a normal life.
These fears ended up being lies. I walked up until I was 21 years old. Since then I have been wheelchair bound. The wheelchair that I had feared for so long came into my life and has become my traveling companion. She has given me the autonomy I had lost when I was on crutches. I can go wherever and do whatever with her and above all I feel the same as every other person. Have my autonomy to be independent.

I realized that I could be happy and that that choice depended on me. I graduated, I found love and I was able to become a mother. I still have so many dreams and I hope to follow them and inspire others to follow theirs as well.

I feel I have a fullfilling life even though I am sitting in my chair.

Mi è stato chiesto di raccontare la mia storia e di unirmi alla campagna di reevefoundation che sta cercando di abbattere gli stereotipi del mondo della disabilità.
Questa è la mia storia." - laura.miola

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