by Nicole Ver Kuilen | Jul 27, 2019 | Nicole's Story
“I’m convinced you can’t really be an advocate until you have personally felt the sting of an unreasonable no, the rejection of a perfectly rational argument with a dismissive ’So what,’ and have learned first-hand that the issue is power – power someone has...
by Nicole Ver Kuilen | Feb 22, 2018 | Nicole's Story
It was almost a year ago that I attended my very first rally in Washington, D.C., the March for Science. With a printer, iron, and a gray organic cotton t-shirt in hand, I designed my own shirt which read: #BecauseScience, I Can Walk. Run. March. On the design were...
by Nicole Ver Kuilen | Jan 19, 2018 | Nicole's Story
In January, I had the great honor to speak on a panel called “Advocacy in Action” at the University of Michigan. I was invited back to Ann Arbor as part of a week-long celebration honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The theme was...
by Nicole Ver Kuilen | Jan 1, 2018 | Nicole's Story
January 1, 2018 Dear family and friends, I read a quote recently which struck a cord: “There are the stories that you’re born into versus the stories that you choose to live.” Forrest Stump and our 1,500 mile odyssey down the coast was a story I...
by Nicole Ver Kuilen | Dec 16, 2017 | Nicole's Story
In the 16 years I’ve been an amputee, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent advancing prosthetic limb technology. I’ve seen articles published left and right saying: “The Insane and Exciting Future of the Bionic Body,” (Smithsonian) or, “An Amputee Sprinter:...
by Nicole Ver Kuilen | Aug 3, 2017 | Nicole's Story
Pre-amputation, 1999 Post-amputation, 2002 Avoiding the water, 2007 First 5K, 2010 (Annual) 2 mile open water swim, 2013 First long-distance ride (300 miles), 2014 First half marathon, 2016 Challenged Athletes Foundation grant, 2017 It’s crazy to think...
