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adventure “Helping people see that the entire world is there, you just have to approach it strategically, that’s been very fulfilling.” — Alysia Kezerian so sometimes I’d have to pop a wheel off of my chair and have someone help me through.” The struggles she’s had traveling all seem insignificant against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, the Swiss Alps or the canals in Amsterdam, but they did inspire her to create a platform for people who use wheelchairs to share their experiences traveling. Kezerian launched Wheelies Around the World on Instagram in July 2017 and built a following of nearly 5,000 people. She’s received messages from people who never thought they’d be able to travel internationally again. “Helping people see that the entire world is there, you just have to approach it strategically, that’s been very fulfilling,” Kezerian said. The page also gained a following from able-bodied people. “I didn’t make the page with the thought of creating any sort of social change, but it’s cool how that has sort of come along with it.” Since her injury, Kezerian has graduated college, traveled to thirteen countries and now works as an administrative assistant in San Francisco. She’s also baffled doctors by taking steps on her own. At St. Charles in 2015, she noticed her hip flexor twitching, but doctors told her that was normal. She didn’t get her hopes up. “I took what they said to heart. You know that it happens sometimes—signals get through,” Kezerian said. That twitch was always in the back of her mind, and now she’s regained use of about twenty muscles in her legs. Doctors can’t tell her why she’s regained the use of some of her muscles. “Spinal cord injuries are probably one of the most ambiguous injuries you could possibly get,” Kezerian said. “There’s just not enough research to give a definitive answer.” Now that she’s taken steps on her own and even climbed flights of stairs, she’s unsure of what her future holds. “I feel like my head is sort of being split between two worlds right now—the world of accepting being in a wheelchair and learning to love it and celebrating that … but then also really wanting to walk,” Kezerian said. One thing she’s sure of is that there’s no end in sight for Wheelies Around the World. “I’ll always have a part of my life where I was in a wheelchair and I know what it’s like to be treated differently, and I know what it’s like to try and travel in it,” Kezerian said. “So even if I did start walking again, there’s a huge part of me that still can really empathize with people in that situation.” 94 <strong>1859</strong> OREGON’S MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong>
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