Summary: Jennifer Britts, the woman with a fierce attitude on four wheels. Champion ATV Racer recovers from a serious accident and now sets a new standard for disability employment in the insurance industry. Contact: <a href="mailto:rick.sizemore@wwrc.virginia.gov">rick.sizemore@wwrc.virginia.gov</a> <a href="mailto:anne.hudlowe@comcast.net">annehudlowe@comcast.net</a> <a href="mailto:jbritts82@hotmail.com">jbritts82@hotmail.com</a>. See photos of Jennifer in the gallery and visit <a href="http://wwrcf.org/">wwrcf.org</a> for more information on the safegiat.” <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://vrworkforcestudio.com/gallery-2/">Be sure to check out</a><br><br> <a href="http://vrworkforcestudio.com/gallery-2/"> Jennifer’s photos</a><br><br> <a href="http://vrworkforcestudio.com/gallery-2/"> in the gallery.</a><br> <br> Transcript Follows<br> This is the VR workforce studio, inspiration, education and affirmation “AT WORK”. The workforce and disability employment podcast from the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center, A Division of the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Service. The VR Workforce Studio is published by our Foundation at wwrcf.org and is available in iTunes and at vrworkforcestudio.com. You are listening to the vrworkforcestudio.<br> A couple of things that day, telling me not to race. Every medical professional who has seen the video, they ask the same three questions. One, how am I alive? Two, how did I not end up with a cervical level injury and three, how did I not end up with a severe brain injury.<br> Singers: vrworkforcestudio.<br> Rick: Hi I’m Rick Sizemore, Director of the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center.<br> Anne: and I’m Anne Hudlow, Director of the WWRC Foundation<br> Rick: and we are bringing you the stories of people whose lives have been profoundly affected and, well sometimes forever changed by disabilities. Stories of how through the vocational rehabilitation process these unique and determined people have become independent and employed.<br> Anne: That’s right, but you know it’s not just that; it’s the stories of people who redefine what it’s like to have a disability. Stories of people who show everyone that individuals with disabilities have an enormous capability to overcome the obstacles to independence and employment. They set a new standard of what it means to be a “great employee” and along the way we’ll hear from the champions of business and industry that hire individuals with disabilities and the professionals that lend a helping hand in the vocational rehabilitation process.<br> Rick: Today in the VR Workforce Studio – the woman with the fierce attitude on four wheels, “The Story of Jennifer Britts Today”. A champion ATV Racer who has collected trophy cases full of 1st place wins in races like the Virginia Cross-Country Series and the Extreme Off-road Event by VXCS. Jennifer’s racing career however came to a tragic end in a near death racing accident that left her with a spinal cord injury. Yet through an extraordinary recovery from complex medical injuries and a long road of physical and vocational rehabilitation she is now blazing new trails and living life to the fullest. Using a wheelchair, she is still involved in sports, owns and drives her car and most importantly is bringing a new spark into the insurance industry in the work that she does in a new career, bringing that same fierce attitude on four wheels into her new life and work. Jennifer Britts is here in the studio; it is a pleasure to welcome you to the podcast, Jennifer.<br> Jennifer: Thank you<br> Rick: Well we are really excited to have you here in the VR Workforce Studio, Jennifer. We’ve looked forward to talking with you for quite a while now. Take us back to the beginning. Do you remember the first time you rode an ATV?<br> Jennifer: Not the first time. I think it was something that I had always done.
