About Sean
I am Sean Kelley, a quadriplegic living in Southern California. Most people meet me after my spinal cord injury, not before, so here is the short version of who I am now:
- I have very limited movement below my shoulders.
- I use my head and shoulders to move a cursor on my iMac.
- Voice and on-screen tools handle most of the clicks and typing.
- I spend a lot of time learning, experimenting, and documenting what works.
I care about realistic purpose: work I can actually do from my wheelchair, ways to help my community (especially the City of Orange), and projects that would make my parents proud.
My injury in plain language
I am a high-level spinal cord injury survivor. In day-to-day terms, that means:
- No functional use of my hands or fingers.
- Limited movement from the shoulders up.
- Independent movement comes from my head, my voice, and technology.
Without accessibility features, a computer would basically be decoration. With the right mix of tools, it becomes my notebook, my job site, my entertainment, and my connection to friends and new ideas.
What I am trying to build
Over time I would like this site and my other projects to support a few big goals:
- Helping other people with injuries or disabilities get more out of their Macs.
- Creating guides that make accessibility settings less confusing and less scary.
- Exploring work I can realistically do from home, with my current physical limits.
- Sharing ideas that could improve my local community: schools, parks, animal shelters, and places where families actually spend time.
I am not a polished expert. I am someone who uses this stuff every single day and wants to leave a trail for the next person.
One part of taking care of myself is keeping my lungs working as well as they can. I have put together a simple daily respiratory and breathing exercise schedule that I try to follow three times a day.