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Spinal Cord Injured & Grilling: How to Stay Safe
Our end-of-the-summer post: Accessible Grilling! Do you grill from your wheelchair? Check out three of the best accessible BBQ videos from the vaults of SPINALpedia - Video #1: Para uses charcoal grill & shares burn prevention tips. Video #2: Para lights a public grill on a windy day and Video #3: The world's only wheelchair accessible grill.
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Wheelchair Maneuvering in a Crowd
Do crowds drive you crazy? Check out SPINALpedia's video post, from wheelchair crowd surfing to dodging strollers, on how three different wheelchair-users deal with crowds. What tips do you have for parting a sea of people from a wheelchair? (wearing a beard and saying your Moses may help)
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SCI Superstar: Claes Hulting
One of the most well known wheelers in Sweden - Claes Hulting! Read the backstory behind the man who founded Stiftelsen Spinalis, one of the best SCI rehab centers in the world that focuses on healing the soul. He's also the first man with a SCI to have a biological child of his own via in-vitro.
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How to Get Dressed When You Can’t Stand
Getting dressed/undressed is something everyone does, but it can get pretty tricky with a SCI. SPINALpedia.com has 3 cool videos showcasing some sweet in-wheelchair dressing skills: #1) Quadriplegic girl takes off shoes. #2) Using tilt & recline on powerchair to pull up pants and #3) Paraplegic takes off shorts/puts them back on.
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SCI Superstar: Jenny Addis
Meet the amazing Jenny Addis. A quadriplegic since 1997 and accessible outdoors advocate, this former Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin 2001 has worked tirelessly to create hiking trails in her homestate, garnering her the National Park Service Award in 2011.
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Wild Hobbies of High-Level Quadriplegics
Just because they can't move from the neck down, these high-level quadriplegics still like to live big. From stunt kites and sidecar rides to high-speed bowling, what high-adrenaline hobbies have you discovered post-injury?
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SCI Superstar: Marcus Culvert
Marcus Culvert may not be a name you’ve you heard of before, but he’s hoping one day it will be. A natural at drag racing, Marcus has his eyes on becoming the world’s fastest paraplegic drag racer, and he needs your help to do it. A military man in his early years, as well as an accomplished bass player and the founder and executive director of a human trafficking and domestic violence awareness foundation, Marcus’ injury has only slightly changed his life’s course. To watch a man who can’t walk but can go 240 miles an hour on a speedway (and do it with a big smile on his face;…
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Ultimate Accessible Apartment Living
So many SCI survivors live in apartments - good post idea! How have you modified your apartment to make it work best for you? Check out three videos from SPINALpedia giving tours of accessible apartments, including how to make a semi-accessible pad work and a breathtaking apartment for inpatient newbies, offered by SCI Australia.