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Amazing Wheelchair Accessible Homes
Having to use a wheelchair doesn't mean you can't have a beautiful home. Check out 3 cool accessible home renovations on SPINALpedia, including the gorgeous accessible lakeside cabin belonging to EasyStand founder Mark Schmidt. How did you renovate your home?
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SCI Superstar: Tatyana McFadden
A decorated Paralympic wheelchair racer who's been competing since she was 14, and the winner of the three BIG marathons last year - NYC, Boston and London - learn the awesome story of Tatyana McFadden on SPINALpedia, adopted from Russia at the age of 6 by a US aid worker who's now trying out Nordic skiing (adapted cross-country skiing) at Sochi next month. And she's only 24!
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The Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies are tonight! Check out three videos from SPINALpedia on how Sochi has gotten the city ready for wheelchair-users when it comes to accessibility and at the venues AND how they've integrated gorgeous wheelchair dancers into the opening ceremonies. Check out their dress rehearsal video, and the rest of the awesome videos below.
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SCI Superstar: “Hollywood Quad” Jim Troesh
A C3-4 quadriplegic known as the "Hollywood Quad," read the awesome glass ceiling-breaking story of Jim Troesh on SPINALpedia; the only quadriplegic actor to star in a 1980's network TV show (can you guess which one?).
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Let’s Make Some Melodious Sounds
Love early '90s hip-hop? Then you'll love Ms. Wheelchair California 2010 Jennifer Kumiyama's rendition of "Hey Mr. DJ" by Zhane (ah so good!), as well as two sweet instrument adaptation videos - a kit drum made accessible by a paraplegic by hitting a symbol and how a quad uses a PVC pipe and a tenodesis splint (with a fork in it) to still play guitar, all on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Meaghan Rose Gallagher
A theater student on her way to study at Julliard, meet the fabulous fashionista that is Meaghan Rose Gallagher on SPINALpedia, a quadriplegic since 2005 who's reinvented her talents post-injury to become both a theater director and stand-up comedian.
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The Ever-So Important Wheelchair Bag
What kind of bag do you use on your wheelchair?! Check out a DIY project for making your own wheelchair backpack, as well as a new backpack "lifter" that brings your bag from behind you onto your lap and a paraplegic who uses a North Face fanny pack as his wheelchair bag.
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SCI Superstar: David Constantine
Co-founder of Motivation International, a charity based in the UK that donates 13,000 low-cost wheelchairs each year to people with disabilities in developing countries, learn all about David Constantine on SPINALpedia. He may have been paralyzed since 1982, that hasn't stopped him from helping thousands of others who are also paralyzed, but aren't as lucky as him to be living in a disability-friendly country.
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Wheelchair Drifting – Turning Lemons Into Awesomeness
Wheelchair drifting on steroids. Love this! Check out three videos from SPINALpedia showing how to drift on four-wheels better even than Vin Diesel, and on three very different surfaces no less - ice, blacktop and tile. Do you drift?
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SCI Superstar: Kristin Duquette
A fierce new human rights grad diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy FSHD when she was just 9 years old, learn all about the awesome story of American Paralympic Swimmer Kristin Duquette on SPINALpedia, who at only 22 years has done some amazing stuff, from interviewing Kofi Annan in South Africa to founding A Day in a Wheelchair and becoming a resident blogger for The Huffington Post.