Rough Waters: From Surviving to Thriving with a Progressive Muscular Dystrophy - Softcover

Markham, Heather C.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798987414705

Publisher: Making Waves for Good Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Competitive ParaSurfer Heather C. Markham is no stranger to rough waters.

At age thirty-four, Heather received a life-changing diagnosis: she had a progressive muscular dystrophy and would eventually need a wheelchair. Her walking days were going to end much sooner than she’d expected.

Despite her body’s betrayal, Heather fearlessly leaned into adventures—performing as a belly dancer, falling in love, becoming a ParaSurfer, winning Ms. Wheelchair Kentucky, and pursuing her lifelong passion for photography.

With humor and heartbreaking candor, Rough Waters chronicles Heather’s slow decline in mobility and her determination to live an extraordinary life—one full of laughter and joy, sand and salt water. Rough Waters is both an inspiring memoir and a courageous call for more empathy from medical professionals, care attendants, and anyone who knows and loves someone with a disability. Limits are only in your mind, Heather says, and nearly anything is possible with the right tools, help, and perseverance.

About this title

About the Author

Heather C. Markham is an engineer, assistive technology professional, educator, ADA architectural barriers specialist, golfer, competitive ParaSurfer, public speaker, and award-winning international photographer. Brushing aside the label "disabled photographer," Heather says that her power wheelchair affects how she moves through and views the world, as well as providing a steady surface from which to photograph it. She currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her supersnuggly Maine coon cat.

Edition details

• Publisher: Making Waves for Good Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798987414705
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370