Upon coming to Auburn in the fall of 2021, I quickly realized there were no other students around me with walkers. No one else looked, talked or walked like me. I felt out of place on a campus so many describe as “home.”
In 2019, I was diagnosed with a rare, neuromuscular disease called Friedreich Ataxia that affects about one in 50,000 people in the United States. Not only would I likely be the only one at Auburn with it, I’d be one of few in the state of Alabama. Read more…
June 9, 2019. Ali Stroker wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. An actor, singer, and wheelchair user, Ali Stroker has been a trailblazer for disability representation on the stage. She was the first wheelchair user to graduate from the Tisch School of the Arts Drama Department at New York University. In 2015, she was the first wheelchair user to appear on Broadway, starring as Anna in the musical, Spring Awakening. For her performance as Ado Annie Carnes in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!, Stroker became the first wheelchair user to win a Tony Award in 2019.
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