Jeremy Warriner is an Indianapolis native who holds a Bachelor of Science in Consumer & Family Sciences from Purdue University with an extensive career in the Hospitality Industry. He also holds a Black Belt in Shorei-Goju Ryu Karate. Jeremy worked as an Operations Director and Assistant General Manager across multiple markets in full-service hotel brands for over a decade. In 2005 Jeremy sustained severe burns in a car accident that required the amputations of both legs from above each knee. This traumatic event led Jeremy to redefine his path as he accepted his newly added identity and culture as a Person with Disabilities.
Whether walking on next-generation prosthetic legs or utilizing a wheelchair, Jeremy is an active member of his community, founder of Walking Spirit & Spirit Therapies, LLC, charter member of the international Rotary Club for World Disability Advocates, and a devoted husband & stepfather. His passion is enhancing our communities through assessments, consulting, training, and support focused on Accessible Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging from a Disability Lens. Jeremy’s current projects include adapting Karate to his disability, providing Americans with Disabilities Act focused training as a member of the national ADA Trainer Leadership Network, facilitating the virtual Disabilities & Conditions of Aging Network in central Indiana, and writing a book about his experiences adapting to life as a bilateral above knee amputee and burn survivor. He can be reached through his website at https://walkingspirit.org, or by email at jeremy@walkingspirit.org.
Walking Spirit & Spirit Therapies, LLC provides three services. Two are geared towards all organizations that touch the public; Accessible DEIB Consulting & Support Services, and Inspirational Speaking Services, both of which apply lived experience as a person with a disability to a myriad of topics and disciplines. The third service, Quality of Life Adaptability & Advocacy Coaching is available for any Person with Disabilities or family affected by Disabilities which begins with a complimentary conversation.
(Image Description: Jeremy Warriner, a white male pictured at 40 years of age with long\ brownish red hair that falls loose over his shoulders past his chest, and a short-trimmed beard, is looking over his right shoulder and smiling as he sits on the side entrance of a black and red Lifeline helicopter from Methodist Hospital. He has two full prosthetic legs (with robotic knees) that are silver in color and shine in the sun. He is wearing hiking boots and has his legs crossed, with his right prosthetic foot resting on his left prosthetic knee. His left foot is resting on the landing strut of the helicopter. The front of each leg has gray rectangular features and there is a ball/ankle rotator above each boot. Jeremy is wearing blue denim shorts, a black leather jacket over a black t-shirt with a burning black Superman emblem on the chest, and black and red fingerless bicycle gloves on his hands, which are clasped together and resting on his lap. This picture was taken on the 10th anniversary of his car accident, when he was reunited with the Lifeline Crew that treated his injuries and transported him from Putnam County Indiana to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on the night of the accident).