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, ...

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.

From Test to Testimony God's faithfulness helped Joni come to terms with her quadriplegia and her story has served as an inspiring example of what life can hold after a devastating injury. Agoura ...

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 ...

Oak Brook, Illinois, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a special public appearance, Christian speaker and disability rights advocate Joni Eareckson Tada will take the stage at the 30th annual Global ...

As part of a week-long chapel emphasis on “Different, Not Less Than,” Bethel welcomed Joni Eareckson Tada on March 28. Tada was injured in a diving accident at age 17, leaving her a quadriplegic, and ...

First in a series called Long Obedience in the Same Direction. From 2007 to 2019 I interviewed 200 prominent Christians in front of student audiences. My favorite all-time guest was Joni Eareckson ...

(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 ...

It’s said you should never meet your heroes. But Joni Eareckson Tada is different. I first heard Joni speak when I was 15 years old, sitting in the balcony level of the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. I ...

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 ...