My name is Penn and I'm 40 yrs old. I live in the fishing port of Brixham, which is on the South West coast of England.

I created this website for a number of reasons really. I have been paralysed and confined to a wheelchair as a tetraplegic for 20 years, following a life threatening swimming pool accident in which I sustained a serious neck injury at the C5/6 vertebrae.

Unfortunately, the spinal cord does not repair itself, so the majority of spinal cord injury subjects are left permanently paralysed, thus dependent on a wheelchair. Some of you may think that life in a wheelchair is a life not worth living. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Since my accident, I've rediscovered my love for angling. I'm very much involved in amateur radio; I drive my own car and live in a bungalow by the sea.

Just because you're disabled, it doesn't mean you have to sit in your chair and vegetate. There are so many things in life to do, and more importantly, enjoy!. You don't need to be able-bodied to do them all. Don't let your disability ruin the rest of your life. Don't look at your wheelchair as if it is a ball and chain, get out there and see what you're capable of, you'll be surprised.

What I really hope this website will emphasize, is that life needn't stop once you're in a wheelchair!