November 9, 2025
Rejected from a Field Trip, Now Visiting 25 + Countries
How Cory Lee Turned a School Trip Rejection into a Global Wheelchair-Travel Mission In the fifth grade, Cory Lee, then just a young boy in a wheelchair, watched his classmates board the bus for a school field trip while he was told he couldn’t take part because the vehicle was inaccessible. What might have been a moment of defeat became instead a spark that ignited an extraordinary journey. Diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at just 2 years old, Lee has not allowed his disability to define the boundaries of his life. From that moment of exclusion to now traveling












