More Than Walking providing global access to SCI knowledge and community

Jessica and Jonathan

We’d like to extend our kudos to the team of Jonathan Sigworth and Jessica Bello Capote who launched More Than Walking in August of 2017 with the idea of promoting independent living after spinal cord injury worldwide by sharing the experiences of active peer-mentors and expert rehabilitation professionals.  They do this by compiling peer mentor interviews and demonstration videos of independence skills, along with therapist analysis videos of the most complex skills, into an online video course that they then share with newly injured patients.

The course connects patients to local peer mentors, community resources like medical suppliers, support groups, and adaptive sports, and provides the opportunity for the newly injured to share their own story and progress back to life with others in similar situations around the world.

Jonathan is a quadriplegic from Connecticut while Jessica is a physical therapist from Colombia. They married in 2016. Their vision is to encourage every spinal-cord-injured individual to embrace their role as a peer mentor and global citizen while empowering them to share their story and strategies with those newly injured nearby and around the world through film. They want to see every SCI rehabilitation professional have access to local peer mentor examples that guide the newly injured towards attainable and fulfilling life goals. ​

For now, they’re seeking for your best tips and tricks of independence skills as well as peer mentoring interviews for others to access. If you wish to contribute, please e-mail Jonathan at jsigworth@morethanwalking.com