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Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (former blue check)
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Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (former blue check)
@amyvandyken
Winner of 6 Olympic gold medals in swimming. Spinal cord injury survivor. Speaker. Advocate. For requests contact [email protected]
Scottsdale, AZ & Denver, CO
Joined June 2009
Looked on @MaricopaVote website, and Tom's vote was NOT counted!! We turned them in together...where is it?What happened to it? Why didn't it count? (@KariLake)- The other day I got carded at the liquor store. As I was getting out my ID, my Blockbuster card fell out and the guy said, while laughing uncontrollably, “never mind” #HappyTuesday #AmysArmy #Joke #Laugh
- As someone who lives full time in a wheelchair as a paraplegic, @JasmineForUS owes us an apology. Not an excuse as the “what she meant” by @GregAbbott_TX and his “hot wheels”. No excuse for saying that to a person in a wheelchair!! @KariLake @realDonaldTrumpThe juxtaposition of Jasmine Crockett, making fun of a man in a wheelchair while standing in front of a backdrop professing “human rights” is a perfect snapshot of leftism in 2025
- OMG. Guess who has reflexes in her knees and ankles for the first time since my accident!! This is so huge. #AnyChangeIsGood #progress
- 4 yes ago my life changed forever. I have learned so much on these 4 yrs that I wouldn’t have known b4. I still run and walk in my dreams, wake up to a brief “crap, it’s real” then move on. My life is as full and maybe even more beautiful then before 6/6/14.
- Today my angel, Kuma went to Rainbow Bridge. He was the best puppy ever. He was my running partner, hiking navigator, ICU sitter, pillow, Kleenex and my heart. He was only 9. I feel like he was a soul mate,… instagram.com/p/B6louGIJyut/…
- Just found out the @Broncos are having me to the game on Sunday!! I’m so excited I could scream. #GoBroncos #ImSoLucky
- Time to celebrate a job well done. I am now the 2nd fittest seated female in the world!!! Thank you to my amazing travel partner, roommie, wheel woman and human meant2be.tasha for helping me mentally and physically… instagram.com/p/BzmTaM-ArpU/…
- Today I smiled and said hello to a lady who was having a really bad day. Did the same to a man who had no home. I think about how my accident has changed me for the better, and this is one way. Don’t let a tragedy make you a kinder person..learn from me. Treat everyone equal.
- Apparently I upset my building manager with the ADA elevator hot mess. I think it's funny when men raise their voices at me. I'm like "bring it..I've been yelled at by some of the BEST coaches in the world...you don't hold a candle to them." #funny #ADA #humanrights
- It’s always nice to end a HOF career with a SB win, and being on top. Congrats Peyton Manning on an amazing career.Thx for being a @Broncos
- Standing up for the first time on my own in 2 1/2 months. instagram.com/p/r-KZuQtZeW/
- This. Is. Everything!!!!BIG STEPS: Incredible moment as a South Florida college student who became confined to a wheelchair after suffering a debilitating spinal injury is able to walk across the stage during his graduation ceremony – with help from a robotic exoskeleton. abcn.ws/2En3mKb
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