Videos
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Getting to Work After a Spinal Cord Injury
How do you get to work now that *you* have a SCI? Watch paraplegic actor Joseph Generra commute from CT into NYC (taking the train, and and a taxi in Manhattan), watch another para Andrew Angulo transfer/drive the kids to school/then drive to work himself, and meet Johanna Johnson, a vent-dependent quad kindergarten teacher, all on SPINALpedia!
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These Sailors Don’t Need Legs to Sail
Three adapted sailing videos from SPINALpedia! A paraplegic "Jon Krakauer" type who's been on the road since last August, sleeping in his Wagoneer and camping/sailing all over the country, Geoff Holt, a standup Brit who's the *first* quadriplegic to sail across the Atlantic, and take a tour of the luxe accessible yacht - the Verity K.
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SCI Superstar: Chad Hymas
Read the story of Chad Hymas - a family man & farmer turned motivational speaker on SPINALpedia! He was injured when a 1 ton bale of hay landed on him in 2001. Now 37 and a member of the Nat'l Speakers Association, he's a motivational speaking machine, giving 220 speeches last year and traveling 500,000 miles to get there.
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High H2O adrenaline: Adapted water skiing
Mustered up the you know what to try adapted water skiing yet?? Check out four insane videos documenting the sport from SPINALpedia! An adapted/AB water skier pyramid (pictured), a paraplegic showing off on Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, and a first-person perspective going off a jump.
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SCI Superstar Lenin Moreno
He's the most powerful person with a spinal injury in the world since FDR, learn all about Lenin Moreno, the Vice President of Ecuador on SPINALpedia! A huge champion for disabled rights, increasing the yearly amount spent on disability services from $2 million to $150 million, a singer AND an environmentalist.
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How to move on after a spinal cord injury
Ever wondered how to *really* move on after a spinal cord injury? Watch these three videos from SPINALpedia, two homemade, and one from the University of Washington Medical Center, with Billy from Seattle, Margarita from Denver and Brian from South Carolina, sharing how they did it.
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SCI Superstar: Tamara Mena
A beautiful Latina, meet the effervescently positive Tamara Mena. A model and motivational speaker from California (originally from Mexico), she's also a test pilot for the exoskeleton, Esko and recently auditioned for Univision's "Nuestra Belleza" pageant/reality show. Read all about her on SPINALpedia!
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Softball on wheels
Watch four sweet videos showing why wheelchair softball is one of the reigning spring wheelchair sports. Watch the top players in Japan show off their moves, check out a clip from the national tournament in Chicago last year and watch our favorite video here at SPINALpedia - a wc-softball blooper reel!
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SCI Superstar: Michael Glen
Meet the world's ONLY licensed hot air balloonist with a spinal cord injury - the awesome Michael Glen from Arizona. Read all about this fierce dude, who finally got his license in 2006, on SPINALpedia.
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Amazing fishing adaptations you gotta see
Here fishy fishy! Three adapted fishing videos that will blow your mind, courtesy of SPINALpedia. Watch a father-son duo give a tour of their accessible Campion fishing boat in northern Minnesota w/ a super strong lift, watch a quad fish like a badass using a Strong-Arm leather sling and watch a paraplegic fly-fish as good as anyone on two legs.
