Paralyzed by a shooting, he now helps others with disabilities take control of their lives
Wesley Hamilton remembers the moment nine years ago when his life changed forever.
On January 14, 2012, Hamilton got caught up in an altercation with a stranger outside an apartment complex. The man shot Hamilton twice in his abdomen.
When the bullets pierced his body, he thought he was going to die.
“I laid on that ground taking my last breaths, having regrets about life,” he said, “because it wasn’t until that moment that I realized I had never lived.”
Hamilton survived, suffering a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down. At 24, he became “a single father in a wheelchair,” he said adjusting to a new life faced with new challenges.
Paralyzed by a shooting, he now helps others with disabilities take control of their lives
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The WSU Access Center is hosting a Disability Awareness Symposium from March 29 through April 2.
The event is sponsored by the Access Center, the Disabled Students and Allies Club and University Recreation. It will cover topics on mental and physical health, with the main theme being “Fitness for All: Inclusive Fitness and Sport,” according to the website.
The symposium will provide workshops to address mindfulness and nutrition. There will also be an offering of adaptive physical events including yoga, zumba, weightlifting and rock climbing, according to the website.
Each day will have at least one seminar and an adaptive class offered over Zoom. There will be in-person classes at the Chinook building if individuals have a reservation, according to the website.