Videos
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SCI Superstar: Rafe Biggs
Check out the story of Rafe Eric Biggs PhD on SPINALpedia, founder of Sexability and a life coach for Soma Evolution. Injured on a meditation retreat 10 years ago while in India, he's made it his mission to helping people with disabilities find sexual pleasure and loving partners. His story was even featured on the TV show Strange Sex.
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Wheelchair Accessible Snorkeling: An Awesome View
Sweet adapted snorkeling videos courtesy of SPINALpedia! Check out the EZ Snorkel Chair, a chair that helps quads go snorkeling, plus an adapted snorkel mask for a teen with CP and watch a para fling himself into the ocean to go snorkeling in the Cayman Islands.
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SCI Superstar: Angela Irick
Paralyzed from the neck down since 1996, the unstoppable Ang Irick shows that living fully with a high spinal cord injury is more than possible. She's a fashion designer, founder of Heels with Wheels, a children's book author and a Ms. Wheelchair Texas ambassador.
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SCI Superstar: Scott Rains
Inclusive travel is the name of his game. Check out the amazing Dr. Scott Rains on SPINALpedia, an incomplete quad since 1972 who's become an international accessibility consultant, having traveled to every continent on the planet, minus Antarctica. Scott teaches governments and businesses how to become more accessible, and has a ball while he's at it.
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Amazing Wheelchair Accessible Homes
Having to use a wheelchair doesn't mean you can't have a beautiful home. Check out 3 cool accessible home renovations on SPINALpedia, including the gorgeous accessible lakeside cabin belonging to EasyStand founder Mark Schmidt. How did you renovate your home?
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SCI Superstar: Tatyana McFadden
A decorated Paralympic wheelchair racer who's been competing since she was 14, and the winner of the three BIG marathons last year - NYC, Boston and London - learn the awesome story of Tatyana McFadden on SPINALpedia, adopted from Russia at the age of 6 by a US aid worker who's now trying out Nordic skiing (adapted cross-country skiing) at Sochi next month. And she's only 24!
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The Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies are tonight! Check out three videos from SPINALpedia on how Sochi has gotten the city ready for wheelchair-users when it comes to accessibility and at the venues AND how they've integrated gorgeous wheelchair dancers into the opening ceremonies. Check out their dress rehearsal video, and the rest of the awesome videos below.
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SCI Superstar: “Hollywood Quad” Jim Troesh
A C3-4 quadriplegic known as the "Hollywood Quad," read the awesome glass ceiling-breaking story of Jim Troesh on SPINALpedia; the only quadriplegic actor to star in a 1980's network TV show (can you guess which one?).
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Let’s Make Some Melodious Sounds
Love early '90s hip-hop? Then you'll love Ms. Wheelchair California 2010 Jennifer Kumiyama's rendition of "Hey Mr. DJ" by Zhane (ah so good!), as well as two sweet instrument adaptation videos - a kit drum made accessible by a paraplegic by hitting a symbol and how a quad uses a PVC pipe and a tenodesis splint (with a fork in it) to still play guitar, all on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Meaghan Rose Gallagher
A theater student on her way to study at Julliard, meet the fabulous fashionista that is Meaghan Rose Gallagher on SPINALpedia, a quadriplegic since 2005 who's reinvented her talents post-injury to become both a theater director and stand-up comedian.