In This Issue ...

REDEFINING INDEPENDENCE
There’s more to independence than simply being able to do everything for yourself. Ian Ruder talks with quads with caregivers to see how they define independence and how, and if, their definitions have changed since they were injured. What are the components of independence as a quad, and how do you learn to balance them to live your life to the fullest?

A FORCE FOR GOOD
Jennifer Longdon wants to be an Arizona state legislator for all the right reasons. Will the voters see her for who she is?

ADAPT’S MOMENT
Not since protestors occupied the federal Health, Education and Welfare building in 1977 has the nation felt who we are. Then came ADAPT.

TECH TITAN
Talk about tech cred. Todd Stabelfeldt was part of Nintendo’s R&D program as a boy. Now some call him “the quadfather of tech.”