SHE CONSIDERED SUICIDE BUT FOUND US — AND HOPE – INSTEAD

OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT TEAM RALLIED AROUND A PERSON

AT WIT’S END – LITERALLY SAVING HER LIFE

Sarah’s careers included leading operations at a Midwest homeless shelter, working in government and finance on the East Coast and producing part of a global sports event ceremony that beamed disability awareness to two billion viewers worldwide. 

Then, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The disease advanced rapidly, and she started using a wheelchair for mobility.

“The MS came on so suddenly. I went from not having any other signs to two injurious falls within six months.  

Two months later I was diagnosed with MS, eventually paraplegia,” says Sarah.

Now a wheelchair user saddled with major disability expenses, Sarah could no longer afford to rent or own her own place. 

She acknowledged these circumstances drove her to the precipice: Without United Spinal Association’s intervention, she planned to travel to Vermont to become the first out-of-state test of its assisted suicide law.