Cindy Howden:  

Cindy is from Austin, Minnesota. Cindy's schools include Austin High School. Cindy later attended Minnesota. Cindy works(ed) at Attitude In Action. More about Cindy:"Cindy's world took a dramatic turn when she was involved in a riding accident with a thoroughbred, sending her into a terrifying fall that nearly took her life. She broke her jaw and shattered the second cervical vertebra in her neck. She could see, but with double vision because of dysconjugate gaze. She was unable to speak, swallow, or chew. She was paralyzed with the exception of being able to wiggle the big toe in her right foot. She also sustained traumatic brain injury, and brain stem injury. In a coma, and paralyzed from the neck down, her doctors gave this prognosis: "If she survives, she'll be on a ventilator and will never move anything below her neck." According to one doctor, at the time of her surgery she was noted to have both brain stems with cranial nerve damage, and severe high cervical cord damage. A full recovery was projected as very slim at best. This included walking, speaking, swallowing, vision, and the use of other bodily functions. Cindy sustained a miraculous recovery, but she struggles with residual physical limitations. By the use of equipment, education, training, and sheer will, others perceive her to be leading her current lifestyle with some...Expand for more