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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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Amazing sport – power wheelchair ice racing
You gotta watch these three awesome winter videos covering very important wheelchair skills. The first (and my fav), power wheelchair racing on ice (possibly the most entertaining adapted sport ever, replete with NASCAR play-by-plays). Also, find out the perfect number of layer to stay warm (you’ll have to watch to find out the magic number). Also find out the best snow tires for manual wheelchair (wrapping plastic rope around your wheels can work too). Read this entry
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SCI Superstar: Mitch Longley
The hunkiest guy in a wheelchair to make it big in Hollywood – Mitch Longley. He’s been a hearthrob fans adored in General Hospital and Another World, he was on NBC’s Las Vegas until 2010 and he’s in the new documentary CinemAbility. This guy really needs a website. Read this entry
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Ready, set, time to get old?
You never think about getting old after you sustain a spinal cord injury, but before you know it, you’re 18 years post (not cool!). Staying healthy is huge in our world. Watch a great video interviewing 5 people 18 years post; what’s changed and tips galore. Plus – two more videos, one of shoulder pain prevention, the other on pressure sore prevention (did you know you have to eat 3x the amount of protein when you have one?). Read this entry
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Podcast 93: Sara Tabor – Ms. Sled hockey and new NYC resident
In podcast #93, Tiffiny is joined by Sara Tabor, a 30 something woman paralyzed 4 years ago in a bizarre accident, who’s went on to discover a new sport post-injury (where females are still the minority, but are recently gaining numbers) – sled hockey.
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Paralyzed BBC reporter treks into gorilla country
Frank Gardner, paralyzed in a terrorist attack while reporting for the BBC in ’04, treks to the mountains of Rwanda to finally see a silver back Gorilla in it’s native environment. Read this entry
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Three amazing wheelchair comics
Three hysterical comedians with spinal cord injuries: Chuck Bittner (pictured), a C5 quad from New Hampshire doing some stinging self-deprecating “wicked” humor and Damon Rozier, a para from NYC, doing a “wheelchair lap dance.” Also watch legendary UK Cockney comic (wc-user from polio), who passed away this spring, Tony Gerrard. Read this entry
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Meet zen-filled paraplegic Josh Dueck, landed the first back flip in a sit-ski
An aspiring Olympic skier from Canada injured in ’04 when he became a ski coach (to save up money to train himself), Josh has become one of the most amazing sit-skiiers in the world, landing the world’s first back flip in a sit-ski this past February (and getting on Ellen). A yoga guru and one cool dude, he’s also been nominated for National Geographic’s 2012 Adventurer of the Year Award. Read this entry
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Nope, still can’t get out of chores
Three awesome videos (including a great 9 min one from a sexy European w/ great mirror cleaning tips!) on how to do chores in a wheelchair. Laundry, ironing, mopping, dusting, these cover it all. Read this entry (ps. I’m a clean freak too)
