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SCI Superstar: Dr. Danielle Sheypuk
The "Carrie Bradshaw" of the disability dating world and Ms. Wheelchair New York 2012, meet Dr. Danielle Sheypuk, a clinical psychologist for the disabled on dating & sexuality, on SPINALpedia! She's also the first wheelchair-user to model in NY's Fashion Week and is a model in the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's upcoming Raw Beauty NYC campaign.
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SCI Superstar: Robb Dunfield
A vent-dependent quad since a balcony fall since 1978, Robb Dunfield is a renowned Canadian artist and is one of the first vent quads in history to live outside a hospital, get married & have kids, all post-injury. Amazing guy, father, husband and artiste! Check him out on SPINALpedia!
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Wheelchair Dating Advice Direct from the Source
Some very good + insightful wheelchair dating advice - how to date us, what to do & not to do - from three disabled folk. Chase, a young man with paraplegia, Sonja D., a woman with Lupus, and Tiffany P., a paraplegic from Staten Island, NY who has no problem telling it like it is. You'll like this one if Savage Love is your thing, all direct from SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Dror Cohen
Dror Cohen is an ex-Israeli F-16 jet fighter pilot who went on to become a motorsport rally racer who completed the Paris-Dakar Race, as well as the co-inventor of the Softwheel, a brand new wheel design that detracts and contracts automatically. Check out how this tough-as-nails pilot persevered past an injury that happened 22 years ago on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Capt. Stewart McQuillan
Meet Captain Stewart McQuillan - the amazingly smart veteran of the Royal Air Force, paralyzed in combat in 1988, is the world's first paraplegic to independently fly a helicopter. He invented the "Aeroleg," an external leg brace that moves via a thumb control, allowing paralyzed pilots to use the essential helicopter foot pedals. Learn that & more on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Alana Nichols
The only US woman to win gold in both Paralympics (both wheelchair-basketball and downhill skiing), check out the amazing story of 30 year downhill skiier Alana Nichols on SPINALpedia, getting ready to kick more butt in Sochi!
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SCI Superstar: Tiffany Giddes
Tiffany Giddes is a native Floridian making her way in LA, acting, producing, surfing and being fabulous. She may be paralyzed, but nothing is holding back this big dreamer. Check out this one tough chica on SPINALpedia today!
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Green thumbs on wheels
Wheelchair gardening tips from a nursery in Portland, Ore, a serious gardener who lives in the middle of Idaho (and made a sweet low-to-the-ground wooden wheelchair), and my favorite, imbonnie from FL, a C6 quad who has this amaaazing tropical garden (she gives a tour). Check 'em out on SPINALpedia!