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Best of Overseas Wheelchair Tricks
From Poland to the UK, watch three videos from wheelers overseas showing off their tricks! Jack Binstead demos the "side-saddle" sit, Aleski shows how he can still use monkey bars in true monkey-like form and Marcin from Poland shows off a sweet billiards move that makes his cue ball fly.
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SPINALpedia’s Holiday Crowrise Challenge launches today!
I hope you had an outstanding 2014! It is my honor to be part of the SPINALpedia and Determined2Heal Holiday Crowdrise Challenge! Watch the video showing what we do: To help out with our cause, please visit our Crowdrise Holiday Challenge page! Happy Holidays! Tiffiny
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SCI Superstar: Matt Scott
SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week - Pro-wheelchair basketball player Matt Scott! Originally from Detroit, this 29 year old Paralympian has become a star playing in Turkey's epic sports club Galatasaray since 2008. As part of the International Wheelchair Basketball (IWBF), he's helped the Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) team win the IWBF championship every year except for one, dodging riots at games and lovin' every minute of it. Damn right. Makin' the US proud!
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The Latest on Male Sexuality and Spinal Cord Injury
For men with spinal cord injuries, there's always so many questions when it comes to sexuality. Here are three videos from SPINALpedia highlighting this important issue, including the latest treatment options and a great conversation with Rafe Eric Biggs PhD, quadriplegic and founder of Sexability!
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SCI Superstar: Jamie Goodwin
Meet SPINALpedia's go-getter SCI Superstar this week - Jamie Goodwin of Wheelin' Weightloss. A paraplegic who put on too much baby weight after having 3 sons, she started a epic weightloss quest two years ago and has lost over 40lbs! How did she do it? Think you could do it too? Read her story!
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Paraplegic flies 16,000 miles from UK to Australia
Meet SPINALpedia.com's SCI Superstar this week Dave Sykes! He is the intrepid T8 paraplegic from Britain who flew his ultralight aircraft 12,000 miles from the UK to Australia back in 2011. As the kids like to say, he is our favorite kind of crazy.
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Rolling in the Trees: Wheelchair Accessible Treehouses
Whether a 100 ft long ramp or a lift is utilized, making a treehouse wheelchair accessible is totally possible! Watch three videos on SPINALpedia showcasing three different accessible treehouses, including one stunner of a treehouse found in the English countryside, and another made for the Treehouse Masters TV show.
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Meet the first paralyzed woman to compete in Ironman triathlon – Trish Downing
There is some serious fierceness emanating from SPINALpedia.com's SCI Superstar this week, the one & the only, Colorado's own Trish Downing, Athlete and Inspirational Speaker! Paralyzed in 2001 when a car hit her from behind, she went on to become the first woman with paralysis to compete in an Ironman triathlon, making sports history.
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Video Evidence: Taxi Wheelchair Discrimination a Worldwide Problem
Ever tried hailing a cab from your wheelchair? Read our post profiling videos showing how bad it can be, from a paraplegic from Brooklyn who routinely waits 1 hr for cabs to stop and how it's legal for cabbies in Tasmania to charge an extra $1/fare for wheelchair passengers.