I read both of her books. As far as I know Jill Kinmont-Booth is the longest living quad. Jill became a C-4,5 quad from a skiing accident in January 1955 when she was 17 she was the first person confined to a wheelchair to be a school teacher. There were 2 books and 2 movies about Jill Kinmont-Booth's life. One about her accident and the other about how she met her now husband, John Booth, and their life together. I called her about 10 years ago to say "Thanks for inspiring me." My Field Hockey coach took me to see her first movie "The Other Side of the Mountain" about 9 months after my accident which was 1975. The second movie and book is titled "The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2". Bobbie
Sent from my iPad On Sep 3, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Don Price <[email protected]> wrote: > I received 5 copies of her book, as gifts, when I was in the rehab hospital. > I never read it. > > Last year I met Joni in person and told her that. She laughed. > > Very nice lady, and her Joni and Friends organization does great work. > > Btw, a lot of people pronounce her name like "Joanie," but it is actually > pronounced "Johnny." > > Don. > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 11:58 AM > Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Religion and Politics > > I saw a video with Joni Eareckson the other night. She is now in her 60's. > She was hurt in a diving accident back in 1967' I think. She said it is > getting harder every day with pain and a whole list of age related problems. > She has to be one of the longest surviving quads, I would think. There are > many videos of her on YouTube. > > Sent from my iPad
