meet SHARON moore MYERS:
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 2010, Billy and I will celebrate a combined 108 years living with paralysis!"
As a retired four-time Paralympian, four time-Pan-American, two-time Stokemandeville, 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 rainforest 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!"
You are invited to join the On A Roll Team and share your experiences and comments which may be posted on this site.
MEMBERSHIPS
SPECIAL AWARDS
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
***All Photography and video by Sharon unless otherwise stated.
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.
MEMBERSHIPS
Past and Present:
Mid-Atlantic Wheelchair Athletic Association
National Wheelchair Athletic Association
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
National Rifle Association-Sharpshooter
National Hook-Up-Indoor Sports
Member-Mayor’s Committee for People With Disabilities-Chair of varied committees
Member-President’s Committee on Employment for People With Disabilities
Citation for Meritorious Service -President’s Committee On Employment of the Handicapped
Special Education Committee-Botetourt County School Board
Consortium Member-Virginia Assistive Technology Systems
Member-Virginia Parks and Recreation Society
STAND-Board Member-(Stop the Abuse and Neglect of the Disabled)
Royal Horticulture Society
Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs
National Federation of GC
Virginia Federation of GC
LaBellevue Garden Club
Roanoke Valley Writers
Blue Ridge Pens
Special Sports Awards:
1973-Award for Removal of Architectural Barriers in Providing Recreation for the Disabled by the Virginia Parks and Recreation Society
Captain-U.S. Women’s Basketball Team-1968, 1969, 1970
Captain-U. S. Paralympic Women’s Team-1972
Captain-U. S. Paralympic Swimming Team-1972
Jack Gearhart-Athlete of the Year-1973-(equivalent to the Heisman Trophy Award)
National Sportsmanship Award-Seattle-1974
Virginia Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame
National Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame Induction-University of Pennsylvania-1988- Plaque displayed at the Roosevelt Institute