We spoke to ten wheelchair users who followed their passions to build
the careers they always wanted. From a fisherman to a neurosurgeon, they
were able to figure out how to make even the most complex professions
accessible.
Meet Orthodontist, Jeff Heinz
Dr. Jeff Heinz became a T9 paraplegic in a motorcross accident while in
dental school in 2011. Heinz returned to dental school only months after
inpatient rehabilitation. “It was really hard,” he says, “but at that
point I knew I had only two choices, one of which I could never live
with, and another that would be a treacherous road but could ultimately
let me regain the ‘normal’ that I longed for so badly.”
After a year of practicing general dentistry, he went back to school to
specialize in orthodontics, eventually becoming the first
wheelchair-using orthodontist in the U.S. “I love the transformations
and seeing how giving someone a big, beautiful smile makes them light up
like a Christmas tree,” he says.
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