Success Stories

“I thought I was 10 feet tall and bullet proof.” Eddie, 57, is a double amputee above the knee. Diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, the former boxer and security guard…

“The last fall was the worst of all,” Stephanie said, tracing an imaginary line from her forehead to her lip to indicate the length of the wound she suffered after…

It’s not easy being the mom of seven children, especially when two of them are disabled. Elva Farrell knows. Her youngest, Andrew, was born with a rare condition, diastrophic dysplasia,…

Donald Thrush’s hands don’t stop shaking from the Parkinson’s disease he was diagnosed with in 1997. He’s now in stage 4. But, as he scoots up to a tray table,…

Twimon Jones was working in construction in Indianapolis in 2001 when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He was just 26. Since then, the disease has robbed him of the…

The room started to spin, and LaVada Clark lost her balance and fell in the kitchen inside her Indianapolis condo. She was falling more often, and she knew she needed…

Jackson is all smiles. A 7-year-old who loves bowling and swimming, Jackson has a twin brother named Matthew and an older brother named Jacob. He loves going to school. In…

Brandon’s story is a classic “happily ever after” tale. Born in 1987 missing most of all four limbs, the prospects for his future looked bleak. But his parents got involved…

Leaving home for college is a big transition in any young person’s life. But for Megan, 18, the move from her home in Martinsville to the University of Indianapolis last…

At 105 years old, Bernice’s eyes, hands and mind are still as sharp as the needles she uses to sew quilts and crocheted items. And although she uses a walker…