LaDonna Shelly 

Triumph Over Tragedy 

A book about hardship, decrepit, secrets and pain. A woman’s journey of overcoming adversity and life’s most difficult challenges. After years of sexual and emotional abuse, LaDonna starts her life on her own with the person she thought was her knight in shining armor until the day he “accidentally" shoots her in the neck, leaving her partially paralyzed for the rest of her life. She became an inspiration to all who knew her by encouraging others to look past their limitations. She learned how to trust and love another, to accept her circumstances, to forgive and start her life anew.

Triumph Over Tragedy

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About Me

In 1983 life as I knew it would never be the same. My boyfriend pointed a gun at me and pulled the trigger. The bullet penetrated my neck and damaged my spinal cord and in that moment I became an incomplete quadriplegic (C4-C6) confined to a wheelchair for the rest of my life.

Resources

• If you’re in danger right now, call 911 or your local emergency number.

 

• Call the National Domestic Violence (Accessible Services)

Phone: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)

TextText "START" to 88788

 TTY: 1-800-787-3224

Website: thehotline.org

24/7 confidential support in over 200 languages.

Provides video phone and live chat for Deaf victims/survivors, as well as accessibility features.

National Support & Advocacy

Vera Institute of Justice – End Abuse of People with Disabilities

Website: endabusepwd.org

 

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)

Website: dredf.org

​​​Deaf & Hard-of-hearing

 

Deaf DAWN (Deaf Abused Women's Network)
Website: deafdawn.org

 

Emergency Shelter and Support

DomesticShelters.org – Accessible Shelter Search

Website: domesticshelters.org

Safety Planning Tools 

Websites: thearc.org

Vawnet.org (Physical disabilities) 

WomensLaw.org 

"Strength Wears Many Faces — Triumph Is One of Them"