Paralyzed Bride Vows To Walk Down The Aisle, Achieves Her Goal/Operation Confidence 

Paralyzed Bride Vows To Walk Down The Aisle, Achieves Her Goal

At just 17 years old, Stevie Beale was paralyzed from the waist down in a tragic car crash that killed the car's driver -- and Beale's best friend -- Charlie.

“[After the accident] I thought I was doomed to my parents' house, to never have a boyfriend or never get married,” Beale said. I thought I was going to sit at home and rot away.”

But after the accident, the Toledo, Ohio bride vowed to walk down the aisle on her wedding day, no matter what. And this weekend, August 10th, the 24 year old did just that.

With the help of a walker, Beale ambled down the aisle, a huge smile on her face, toward her groom, Jared VanAusdale.

VanAusdale told Today.com, "I was trying not to bawl like a baby in front of 300 people. Seeing her on the walker, reaching that goal that she swore she was going to hit, is something I will never forget."
In 2010, Rachelle Friedman Chapman was dubbed the "Paralyzed Bride" after a freak accident at her bachelorette party paralyzed her from the chest down. Chapman was unable to walk down the aisle at her 2011 wedding -- her father pushed her in a wheelchair -- but she spoke out in 2013 about life post-accident and offered some inspiring insights into her life, noting that she is still able to have children and would like to do so. "The spinal cord controls muscles so everything else is in working order. Once we get financially straight we are going to have one."

Operation Confidence Positive Redirection Director  

In 2008, Auti Angel Rivera who also uses a wheelchair beat all  odes as the first bride to be to our knowledge to walk down the aisle to take  her husband Eric's hand in marriage. 

Auti as she walks down the aisle with her father 

Auti and husband Eric

I, Consuella Mackey, Executive Director Operation Confidence Operation Confidence was honored to stand in to represent her sainted mother who passed away years ago from cancer

Auti, is the Executive Director of Operation Confidence Positive Redirection Team, a group of motivational speakers and life coaches and one of the lead actresses on the hit cable show Push Girls.

Push Girls and Operation Confidence

Push Girls and Operation Confidence 

I don't think their was anyone more happier than I, Consuella Mackey, Executive Director Operation Confidence when my 2 angels, Auti Angel and Angela Rockwood, 2 stars out of the 4 wheelchair  actresses landed a key role on the hit cable show Push Girls.

                                                        Angela middle  and Auti far right

Auti and Angela are very special to Operation Confidence a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that advocates for people with disabilities.  In 2005, the girls were very inspirational assisting with the development of  Operation Confidence's Positive Redirection Team,  a group of motivational speakers and life couches who provide inspirational presentations and workshops throughout the city and county of Los Angeles and parts of the nation. There presentations took place at schools assemblies, corporate conferences, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, major community events and more.
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Consuella Mackey, Exc. Dir. Operation Confidence (middle) Auti, right, Angela, left and Sharon Brown former advertisement manager Wave Radio Station and Kim White in the rear 

Auti

Aside from being the director of Operation Confidence Positive Redirection Team, Auti is involved with numerous other nonprofit organizations, such as, UCP (United Cerebral Palsy),  Wheels for Humanity; the Kanimambo Foundation who focus on delivering 300 wheelchairs to the neglected disabled community in Mozambique and Africa. Auti has also worked with an out-of-the-box wheelchair company, Colours Wheelchairs, to provide inspiration to disabled communities throughout the U.S.; while being sponsored by Colours Wheelchairs.

Angela 

Angela Rockwood, , Co-Director of Operation Confidence Positive Redirection Team, is an outstanding model who hosted several fashion shows for the organization that featured accessible  fashionable clothing. She also  didn't even cross her mind,” the 37-year-old, who identifies as quadriplegic. But what did occur was that she had been transported to the realm of the paralyzed for a reason. she realized she had a huge choice to go down the positive path, be an example for others in similar positions and be their voice.

Since then, at 37-year-old she has become active in numerous organizations for the disabled, including Fight 2 Walk Foundation, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and Operation Confidence,

Operation Confidence Special Times with Auti and Angela 

   

                              

                                         Auti, Mayoro Villaraigosa & Consuella           Auti, Susan Taylor, Essence Mag. & Consuella           

Hanging out at Angela's house

  

                                             Award at LA City Hall                                                 WAVE Radio Station . 

It was an honor for me to have stood in                                                      Angela and Connie at Auti's wedding 
representing Auti's mother at her and Eric's wedding 

Angela, Auti, Elisabeth Espinoza, KTLA Channel 5 (far left), Linda Hopkins, world renowned Jazz & Blues singer (right holding walking cane) and guest.