Sharon Dawn Moore Myers lives an independent lifestyle on a small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with paraplegic husband, Billy and Border Collie, Molly B Maid.”In 2013, Billy and I celebrate a combined 113 years living with paralysis!” A retired four-time Paralympian, four time-Pan-Americans, two-time Stoke Mandeville, England wheelchair athlete, I have competed in eighteen countries in my athlete career.
After retiring from sports, I traveled to five continents with SATH promoting equal access in tourism for people with physical impairments. Share with me my Peruvian adventures white water rafting down the Urubamba River, climbing Machu Picchu, and touring ancient Incan sites. Hold your breath as I ascend the steep bank from the muddy Tambopata River as the first paralyzed person to visit a lodge deep in the rain forest on the border of Bolivia. Enjoy safaris in the Middle East and South Africa. Ride along with me as I take you through India and Europe and introduce some incredible people I met along my journey. Stroll with Billy and me through our self-maintained gardens and small wheelchair user friendly farm deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Meet Speck and Molly B Maid, our Border Collies who not only help us inside our home we built, but also in the garden and on our farm! Watch Billy as he pushes snow and pulls garden wagons with his scooter. Relax inside our Secret Forest which evolved after planting Christmas trees some thirty five years ago. Today, the Secret Forest is the inspiration for a series of children’s books about real people and real life stories. Cruise along with us in our hand-control operated antique Ford cars and in my very first car–a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda!
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To know Sharon is to know that she has three major passions (besides her husband Billy): sports, gardening, and travel. Visit each page to find out what Sharon is doing in those areas.