Kick Ass
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IZ Adaptive Designs to be Showcased in Museum Exhibit
Fashion Follows Form: Designs for Sitting at the Royal Ontario Museum showcases the brilliant designs of Izzy Camilleri and her line IZ Adaptive, which were created with wheelchair-users in mind, and designs from the 18th and 19th century.
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SCI Superstar: Mark E. Felling
The “mad scientist” of adapted technology, Mark Felling, Engineer, Patented Inventor and Founder of adapted gear profferer Broadened Horizons, is a quadriplegic on a mission.
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Dealing with the Dreaded SCI Anniversary
When your injury anniversary rolls around how do you feel? Angry, sad or just happy you've made it so far? Here are 3 videos from men with SCI from SPINALpedia! Shane's 7 things he's thankful/misses, Joe's first summer post-injury trying out dozens of adapted sports and Andrew visiting the site of his motorcycle accident on his 1st anniversary. How do you handle your anniversary??
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SCI Superstar: Hilary Lister
Paralyzed from the neck down from a rare degenerative disease, peek in on the incredible life of renowned sailor and yacht-person Hilary Lister on SPINALpedia. A fierce Brit who's set numerous world records, including being the FIRST female w/ a disability to sail solo around Britain back in 2009, and she does it all with a Sip 'n Puff setup. She rocks!
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No Free Rides Episode #105 – Josh Winkler’s Epic Fight Against the System
A podcast with a quadriplegic turned NASCAR engineer turned advocate, and he's showing no sign of stopping.
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Sweet Wheelchair Summer Camp Skillz
From wheelchair tomahawk throwing (watch this redhead get a bullseye!) to a kick butt sports camp in Maine that lets you learn direct from Paralympians, check out these camping videos from SPINALpedia showing why adults with disabilities should totally think about taking a break from life and head out to an accessible summer camp this summer (scholarships available too!)
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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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Wheelchair-User’s GoPro Extreme Adventures
The simply amazing GoPro camera can go ANYWHERE. Check out three insane wheelchair perspectives shot with this brilliant camera - a paralyzed pro-surfer in Costa Rica (omg!), a Canadian TV reporter bungee jumping while in her chair and get inside a heated wheelchair lacrosse game (eeks!).
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SCI Superstar: Therese Riedel
Therese Riedel was a rising basketball player with her sights set on the 2012 US Women's Olympic Basketball team, but after a diving accident in 2008, she went on to transfer her amazing physical abilities into Jing Chen Kuoshu, a self-defense program. She's now an instructor AND is headed back to school.
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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!
