Teaira-Daniels

Through my journey with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), there have been highs and lows. For me it has been 10 years since I have been in a wheelchair due to my...

It was 10 years in September since I became paralyzed due to an NMOSD (neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder) flare up. I finally have both my hips replaced and I am...

I've learned to protect my peace by doing what’s best for me despite how someone else may feel, and not feel bad or be hard on myself. Since becoming sick...

I turned 39 on February 8th, 2023. I celebrated my birthday in the hospital, recovering from my 2nd hip replacement. In 2012, I first got sick from, unbeknownst to me...

A peer once told me that I was the busiest person they'd ever seen in a wheelchair, which raised my eyebrows. Just because you are living with NMO, if you're...

For the past nine years, I've lived using a wheelchair. I've realized that there are few housing options for people with a disability or limited mobility. In 2014, after I...

I recently went to the P&G Music Festival in Cincinnati. That same weekend was the Cincy Soul taste of Cincinnati. These 2 events bring out crowds of over 100,000 people...

Often times when we are diagnosed with a rare disease, we have first been misdiagnosed with multiple other diseases. There are times when patients are put on so many different...

Being diagnosed with NMO has been quite the journey for me. It took 3 years after I initially began getting sick to officially be diagnosed with the correct illness and...

When I first started outpatient physical therapy in 2014 with Sarah, my physical therapist, I could not get out of my bed by myself let alone stand up. Over the...

After spending three months in the hospital, I was discharged and sent to a nursing home. Thank God I was only there for a week, because I hated that place...

I have grown to love sharing my journey. At first becoming paralyzed was a hard pill to swallow. I could not believe that my independence was taken away from me...