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Laundry From Your Wheelchair: Managing the Chore Solo
Boring but necessary. How do you do laundry from your wheelchair?? Check out 3 videos from SPINALpedia showing how three wheelers pull it off, including tips on how to use a stacked dryer and how a C6 quad puts coins in a washer.
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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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Podcast 100 – Stephen Cluskey, Irish Quad Determinded to Provide Accessible Transport for All
Born and raised in the Dublin area, Stephen shares his awesome story of survival. Injured when he was 18 in a fall, the now 29 year old is about to receive his business degree, which is incredibly apropos considering he just launched a website to help people with disabilities find accessible taxis in Ireland (with an app along the way too). Stephen also shares his tips for getting around his country as a wheelchair-user, as well as the blood, sweat and tears he dedicated to rehab for 5 years post-injury. He also shares his epic story of meeting Bono and being invited to a recording session (yes really). The Celtic Tiger…
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Traveling Like a Rockstar: Accessible RVs
Have you traveled in accessible RV before? From a SWEET modification of a 1972 Morris Motorhome to the sexiest accessible luxury coach ever (and probably the most spendy), check out four videos from SPINALpedia showing why accessible RVs are awesome and how they keep getting better.
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SCI Superstar: Dave Jacka
Meet 44 year old Dave Jacka, the first quadriplegic to fly around Australia, which he just completed in June, on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Rob Summers
Check out SPINALpedia's latest SCI Superstar - Rob Summers. The star OSU baseball player paralyzed in a hit and run who made history becoming the first human to receive an implanted electric stimulator in his spinal cord. He can now stand unassisted....
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Channeling Your Inner Lawn Guy
Representing every ability level when it comes to lawn mowing from SPINALpedia today! A buff para pushing a push lawn mower, a powerchair user pulling a power manual mower behind him leaving grass clipping in his wake, and a sip 'n puff remote controlled mower from students at Grand Valley State University.
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Call me why don’t ya?
Cell phone videos courtesy of SPINALpedia! A sweet hands-free Bluetooth controller for high quads, a C5 quad's thumb trick for dialing her Blackberry, and the coolest video this week, an Iraqi Freedom' vet's pimped out powerchair (replete with a cell phone charger!).
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Wheelie Favorite Things – April 2013
Here's the April installment of my Wheelie Favorite Things column at Push Living, including the world's only wheelchair accessible limo, the MVS (made from two MV-1 vehicles from VPG).
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Your disability photos can make you money
Why let your photos sit on your hard drive when they can make you money? A new photo site is aiming to do just that.