by admin | Jan 31, 2023 | Articles
Geraldine Lavelle’s life changed “in a heartbeat”. That was in October 2013 when she was left paralysed from the chest down following a collision with a lorry. The Sligo native had become accustomed to enjoying an early-morning cycle before work, until the accident...
by admin | Nov 24, 2022 | Home Page
In 2013, while out for a routine cycle, Geraldine Lavelle’s life changed in an instant when she was involved in an horrific road accident. The Castlebar woman suffered a spinal cord injury that left three-quarters of her body paralysed. Overnight, Geraldine had to...
by admin | Nov 24, 2022 | Home Page
Geraldine Lavelle’s life changed “in a heartbeat”. That was in October 2013 when she was left paralysed from the chest down following a collision with a lorry. The Sligo native had become accustomed to enjoying an early-morning cycle before work, until the accident...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022 | Home Page
As part of IWA’s International Day for Persons with Disabilities activity, Disability Activist and Ambassador Geraldine Lavelle writes about life, disability, attitudes, expectations and her lived experience in a powerful and moving testimony. I read somewhere...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022 | Home Page
There was a prolonged standing ovation from the capacity attendance for the launch of Geraldine Lavelle’s book, ‘Weathering the Storm’, at the Wild Atlantic Words Festival. The overflow audience at the Festival Dome at Bridge St., which spilled over...
