Three awesome videos (including a great 9 min one from a sexy European w/ great mirror cleaning tips!) on how to do chores in a wheelchair.
Laundry, ironing, mopping, dusting, these cover it all. Read this entry
(ps. I’m a clean freak too)
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Snowmobiling – thrilling and easily adapted!
Snowmobiling is one of those things post-injury sports that rules.
They already have hand-controls built into them, and almost nothing beats going 60mph on powder in some of the most beautiful scenery you’ve ever been around.
Check out these three awesome videos of paraplegics, including “100 mph” Trevor Moen from BC, Canada. Read this entry
Podcast 92: Damon Boiser – Mahalo is his middle name
In podcast 92, Tiffiny is joined by Damon Boiser, a lifelong resident of Hawaii, who was injured doing what he loves – surfing – 9 years ago.
They talk about Damon’s interesting (and sometimes tumultuous) journey to recovery on the Big Island (traveling there from Kauai).
And they discuss his discovery and love of three adrenaline-soaring sports that have helped fill the void that surfing left – skydiving, karate and Aikido.
He’s the first person to directly land in their wheelchair after a skydive in fact!
SCI Superstar: John Hockenberry
Current host of NPR’s, The Takeaway, John Hockenberry (paralyzed at the age of 19 while hitchhiking) has become an esteemed journalist despite going on year 36 of being paralyzed.
In the ’90s, he was on the ground in war zones like Iraq & Somalia covering news for ABC and NBC, and he had a MSNBC show, Hockenberry. Learn all about this brilliant man. Read this entry
Paraplegic character debuts on ‘90210’
I may be too burnt out on the genre, but if you’re a fan of gushy primetime soap operas, have a soft spot in your heart for 90210 AND are interested in characters with disabilities in the media (television and movies, etc)…
…then Riley (played by Riley Smith of ’24,’ ‘Motocrosser’ and ‘Freak & Geeks’ fame) is a character you need to get hip to. Read this entry
SCI Superstar: Brooke Ellison
Brooke Ellison is am-aazing! First quad to graduate from Harvard (you’ve seen her on the “Hope. Pass It On” billboards), Christopher Reeve’s last film was on her life story and she ran for the New York State Senate in 2004.
What is she up to now? Read on!
These paralyzed gamers won’t quit
Hair binders to hold a Wiimote, the awesome “Face Gamer” from New Hampshire gets featured in Wired and an accessible Wii Fit board invented by a crafty Canadian para. Sweet! I love accessible gaming ♥
And if you don’t know who Chuck Bittner, aka the “Face Gamer” is (he was featured in Wired magazine & is THE leading accessible gaming advocate), this is your chance to get edumacated. Read this entry
Dating on Wheels: Newly paralyzed chef stuck with woman he doesn’t like
Dear Tiffiny,
I am a 27 year old chef and was recently involved in a motorcycle accident leaving me paralyzed from the chest down. I was really concerned that I would never date again and then in the hospital I met my current girlfriend and was really happy.
It’s been 5 months since the accident and now I am kinda realizing that I don’t know if I really like this girl at all.
Let’s go hunting (and kill things!)
Hunting season is on!
Watch a C4 quad hunt with a breath-powered trigger, watch another quadriplegic hunt in a manual wheelchair using a blind (and drag the deer back to his truck!) and watch a C2 quad target shoot with a 9mm pistol. Read this entry
SCI Superstar: Carlana Stone Lawson
LOVE her!
She’s a Harley girl, the first reporter in a wheelchair in the city of Miami, and is the world’s first female paraplegic to fly solo.
Oh and she’s a producer in Hollywood too (she’s produced Intervention). Read this entry