WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos revealed Wednesday that she won’t be able to walk unassisted for at least three months after a cycling accident last month that broke her pelvis and hip socket.

DeVos appeared at a Heritage Foundation event in Washington, DC, to tout school choice and told the audience that she’ll be using a wheelchair for some time as she recovers.

“I was ejected rather forcefully from my bike and landed squarely on my left hip and broke my pelvis in three places and my hip socket,” said DeVos, seated in a wheelchair.

“So it was a very painful injury,” the secretary continued. “I still have some pain but it’s getting better. The worst part about it is that I can’t put weight on my left leg for three months. So I’m learning to navigate around with a walker and obviously I inherited my father’s wheelchair.”

Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation, marveled at DeVos’ resiliency. “I think it sends a positive, wonderful message that you cannot keep a good woman down.”

In one of her first public appearances since the accident, DeVos, 61, gave full support to the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, a federally funded school voucher program for DC children in its 15th year. The program requires congressional approval and will likely face greater scrutiny with Democratic control of the House.

“It is unconscionable in my view to use this program as a political football for the kids who are being served,” DeVos said.