KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Joni Eareckson Tada is a woman of many talents. She’s a bestselling author, an acclaimed artist, and an internationally known advocate for people with disabilities.

(RNS) — Good leaders are often told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses. That has never really worked for disability activist and nonprofit leader Joni Eareckson Tada. Paralyzed from ...

KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Before cancer, Joni Eareckson Tada lived an extremely busy life. One of the longest surviving quadriplegics on record, she led an international Christian ministry for people ...

Joni Eareckson Tada, a well-known Christian writer and quadriplegic, is the voice behind this year's biggest Oscar upset, the song "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the film of the same name. She talks about ...

When Joni Eareckson Tada was 17 years old, her life changed forever. “I broke my neck in a diving accident in 1967, and suddenly I was thrust into this uncomfortable, alien world,” she said. “It was ...

Over 30 years have passed since Tada (Diamonds in the Dust; More Precious Than Silver) became a quadriplegic as the result of a diving accident. Tada, who has inspired both the able-bodied and ...

Update (November 19, 2018): Joni Eareckson Tada has asked for prayer as she faces cancer for a second time. The 69-year-old Christian author and advocate will undergo surgery next Monday, November 26, ...

Advising Presidents Joni Eareckson Tada served on the National Council on Disability under President Reagan and President George H.W. Bush. She watched the ADA be signed into law on the White House ...

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The 71-year-old ministry leader, who is quadriplegic and at risk, is in “bright spirits” and receiving antibodies treatment. Since the pandemic begin, Joni Eareckson Tada’s ministry has been offering ...

She sits down in a standup world. “I often feel alone in that regard,” said Joni Eareckson Tada, author, artist and international advocate for people with disabilities. A quadriplegic in a wheelchair, ...

Joni Eareckson Tada, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Joni and Friends International Disability Center, is an international advocate for people with disabilities. A diving accident in 1967 ...