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Aussie wheelchair tennis players explain the game
I’ve been blogging for SPINALpedia.com, a very cool video site that contains thousands of spinal cord injury-related videos, for a couple of months now. What I love about this site (other than it wass founded by my friend Josh Basile, a really smart C4-5 quad from Maryland who’s studying to be a lawyer) is that the videos are categorized by movement – full hand movement, partial hand movement, no hand movement, and for all the other body parts too, making it easy to find a video that would actually work for you without wasting too much time (gotta love that). My latest post for SPINALpedia.com highlights some of my favorite sports…
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Burn those calories: Insane wheelchair pull-up
A crazy wheelchair pull-up and the easiest at-home workout for quads. Check out these awesome videos
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Ever hesitant to complain about access?
A Georgia mom posts a photo of some of the worst inclusion recently witnessed in public schools, but shies away from venting fully. What prevents you from complaining about access? Read this post
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Podcast #84 – Joe Stone and reclaiming the mountain
In episode #84 of No Free Rides, Tiffiny interviews Joe Stone, a C7 quad injured while speed flying in Montana (where you parachute down a mountain on foot). Tiffiny and Joe discuss the importance of staying true to your passions despite a life-changing injury, as well as his documentary, Wings to Wheels.
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3/9/12: Image of the Day
A woman bellydancing in a wheelchair. So pretty. Makes me want to buy a few scarves (or a hundred).
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3/3/12: Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta features wheelchair bride
Last night, the Southern version of the hot wedding dress reality show, Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta, featured a bride in a wheelchair – a woman who was shot by a stray bullet only five months before.
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Miss Colours Hungary crowned
“The most beautiful woman in a wheelchair” in Hungary was crowned over the weekend at the first Miss Colours Hungary wheelchair beauty pageant, which I assume from the name (and the main image on their site) is sponsored by Colours Wheelchairs.
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2/27/12: Learn Something New: Pushing your butt through the grass (and sand) alive
It’s a scary jungle out there when you can’t walk. WildKat TV’s “how-to” terrain wheelchair videos are just the thing for freshies with no clue. Watch here
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2/26/12: Podcast #83 – Canuck Quad Chef Cory Parsons
In episode #83 of No Free Rides, Tiffiny is joined by Cory Parsons, a dynamo chef with quadriplegia who lives on the beautiful, seafood laden Vancouver Island.
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2/23/11: Sexy wheelchair dance film to premiere
What some people are calling Dirty Dancing on wheels, Musical Chairs is a romantic comedy set in the world of wheelchair ballroom dancing, directed by Susan Seidelman of Desperately Seeking Susan. Read this blog
