The 2LIV4 Tribune

The 2LIV4 Tribune is the anchor for our mission — providing a platform to champion people with disabilities by sharing stories, insights, resources, and inspiration to seek and find 2LIV4 moments and experiences.

What's a 2LIV4?

Anything that cultivates joy in daily life
The pursuit or realization of a goal, dream, or life experience
A purpose, a reason to get out of bed in the morning

Faces on Design — Students and Professors Work Together to Create Custom Adaptive Devices

Denise Fisher

Feb 165 min read

Faces on Design — Students and Professors Work Together to Create Custom Adaptive Devices

A college course for designing individual devices for clients with disabilities is changing expectations for academic success.

I Am Sydney and I Am Unique: Living with Chromosome 18q Deletion

Sydney Alper

Jun 22, 20233 min read

I Am Sydney and I Am Unique: Living with Chromosome 18q Deletion

Sydney Alper lives with chromosome 18q deletion. Doctors told her parents she wouldn't be able to walk or talk, but she proved them wrong.

Denise Fisher

May 18, 20233 min read

Crushing Roadblocks to Forge New Trails

After accepting life with a disability, Vernon Cargill created a path of personal development & advocacy for equal access of public trails.

The Powerful Force of Advocacy in Living Well with a Disability: The Stories of James & Greg

Denise Fisher

Feb 17, 20236 min read

The Powerful Force of Advocacy in Living Well with a Disability: The Stories of James & Greg

Paths to success for those with disabilities are influenced by self-advocacy and support from family, friends, and the community.

Meet Trionic Veloped Winner Timothy Ketcham, the Nature-Loving Veteran

Betsy Bailey

Feb 1, 20222 min read

Meet Trionic Veloped Winner Timothy Ketcham, the Nature-Loving Veteran

After acquiring a disability, Veteran Timothy Ketcham reluctantly gave up hiking in the mountains — until he won a Trionic Veloped walker!

Greg Cooley

Nov 2, 20212 min read

Falling Into an Exceptional Walker

Founder of 2LIV4 Greg Cooley talks about his journey of accepting the use of a walker and finding one that suited his wants and needs.

Finding Purpose, Pursuing Passions as an Independent Quadriplegic

Kathleen Cowan

Jun 15, 20216 min read

Finding Purpose, Pursuing Passions as an Independent Quadriplegic

EB Forst’s thoughts on finding purpose and the pursuit of her passion for travel while living as an independent quadriplegic.

Kathleen Cowan

Jun 9, 20215 min read

People First Adventure Traveler

Shannan Williams discusses her 2LIV4 passion of travel, collecting memories, and how she has managed living with cerebral palsy since birth.

Kathleen Cowan

Jun 2, 20216 min read

Journey of a Bilateral Amputee

How Mike Morea learned to successfully cultivate his 2LIV4 as a below-the-knee bilateral amputee living with Type I Diabetes.

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