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Lesser Known Adapted Sports: Ultimate Frisbee, Disc Golf and Badminton
Sweet adapted sports you probably haven't tried yet, all on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Tasha Schuh
Her dream of being married w/ 5 babies by age 25 may have been delayed, but Ms Wheelchair USA 2012 Tasha Schuh's dream is finally coming true. Check out who's she marrying this August, and find out how this speaker and author from Wisconsin is sharing hope with others, all on SPINALpedia.
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SCI Superstar: Tiphany Adams
Perhaps the bubbliest paraplegic on the planet, my bio for SPINALpedia on the fabulous Tiphany Adams - one of the lovely ladies from Sundance Channel's reality show (following women in wheelchairs), Push Girls.
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My Top 5 Wheely Favorite Things
Welcome to the first installment of our Wheely Favorite Things. Each month we'll be profiling the best five things - products, places, pop culture and whatever else we can think of - for wheelchair-users.
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Wife of quadriplegic publishes beautiful ebook on caregiving
Wife of a quadriplegic, Dana Brown Ritter (she writes a really awesome disability relationship blog, LoveLikeThisLife.com), has published her first ebook based on the most popular blog post she's ever written, "We Are," a poem written for all the wives of quads (really powerful stuff).
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Dating On Wheels: 20 year old can’t catch a break
Dear Tiffiny, I’m a 20 year old guy with Friedrich’s Ataxia, a very rare genetic disorder, similar to Muscular Dystrophy. I’ve been in a wheelchair since age 14, and have never dated. Not that I haven’t tried. I’ve asked girls out and have tried loads of dating sites, but with no luck. Girls I ask out say no, and girls on dating sites rarely respond. Friends (who do happen to be girls, but aren’t my “girlfriends”) have said I’m handsome, so I don’t think I’m rejected because I’m ugly. I’ve felt depressed at times, because I’m never able to attract the right type of girl. Any advice?
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SCI Superstar: Ellen Stohl
She’s the one and only woman with a spinal cord injury to pose in Playboy (the June 1987 issue to be exact), and yes, it desperately needs to be repeated. See what Ellen Stohl is up to these days, including working as a professor at Cal State Northridge. Read this entry
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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
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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.
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On the hunt for a new EZ Lock mount
Sometimes having a blog has a few benefits, and this is one of them. I’m using my blog to to send a question to the masses today, regarding EZ lock mounts for power wheelchairs. I’m so excited. After 7 years, I’m finally getting a new wheelchair; Upgrading from a TDX 3 to a TDX SP (Invacare powerchairs). However, I just found out that the EZ Lock mount on the my chair (that locks me into the floor of my van when I drive, enabling me to drive for my wheelchair), cannot be transferred onto my new wheelchair. Of course it can’t be transferred :/