Over a decade after its founding, Rollettes say they are now the largest network of women with disabilities in the world.
Participants are shown during a dance class at the annual Rolletes Experience in Los Angeles.Chelsie Hill was just 17 when her life changed forever after suffering a spinal cord injury following a night of drinking at a party with friends.
Hill has a background in competitive dancing, and as she adjusted to her new reality as a wheelchair user, she says she wanted to meet other young women like herself. She got on social media and invited six women to her hometown of Monterey, California, to put on a performance in front of friends, family, and the local community."So I was classified as disabled and, basically, that was going to shut the curtains and not do anything with my life.
“I had dreams of it being big and I had a dream of seeing a bunch of women in wheelchairs dancing in a ballroom. And so being able to have our 11th year here and looking out on stage and seeing all these amazing women just dancing, it's really surreal,” Hill said.Hill said it’s a beautiful thing to witness attendees transform into more confident versions of themselves over the course of the weekend.
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