Shannon Nelson
The first woman to join the OPEN DOORS Reality Poets, Shannon Nelson was a dental assistant before the swimming pool accident that left her paralyzed. She’s been a quadriplegic for 27 years, and identifies as a wheelchair warrior, disability rights advocate, social justice activist and animal lover. Shannon once escaped from a nursing home in Maine and arrived in New York seeking freedom. She lived in South America for a year while escaping homelessness in the United States. She leads the OPEN DOORS Instagram series, The Movement, which spotlights past and present events in different rights movements that deserve more attention.
