I’m Angie Plager. My life changed on Aug 23rd, 2003 when I was paralyzed in a car accident. I had a C5 spinal cord injury that left me a tetraplegic/quadriplegic. I lost all feeling from my sternum down, as well as, partial loss of arm mobility and total loss of finger and hand mobility. Life altered completely, but I try not to let that slow me down. I try to live life to the fullest and help others do the same. I am a former Ms Wheelchair Iowa 2009. I am an advocate for persons with disabilities and president of the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Iowa. I have lobbied on local and nation capital hills. I am constantly volunteering and working. Some examples include being a local ambassador for Easter Seals, working for VGM Group Inc/People for Quality Care, helping plan my home town’s yearly festival, being in Toastmasters, busy in my church, and maintaining a home business selling Mary Kay for over 10 years.
Admittedly, I have a thrill seeking bone in my body (good thing I didn’t break that one!). As a quad, I have gone paragliding, waterskiing, deer hunting, and taken rides on motorcycles and a helicopter. Skydiving and bungie jumping here I come soon (hopefully). You can’t let life pass you by just because you are in a chair.
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