A cherished advocate for the local disability community and national spinal cord injury community has passed away.
Motion Project Foundation founder Natalie Barnhard-Castrogiovanni died on Friday surrounded by family and friends.
Natalie Barnhard-Castrogiovanni devoted her life to helping others have the best quality of life possible. When she was a 24-year-old physical therapist in 2004, a piece of equipment fell and left her with a spinal cord injury, or SCI. At the time, treatment required her moving to Georgia…