Looking at Beyond Mobility

Norma Besniard

Aug 24

1 min read

The biggest thing I have learned is that recovery is much more complicated than I originally thought.

Physical strength and movement are important, but they do not explain everything. Confidence, fear, support from other people, and the ability to return to everyday life can also affect how someone experiences recovery.

This is what Beyond Mobility means to me now. I want to look beyond whether someone can physically move and understand how they actually feel about their independence and quality of life.

There are still many questions I do not have answers to, but that is also what makes me interested in continuing this research.

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