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SCI Superstar: Jan Scheuermann
Meet SPINALpedia's last SCI Superstar of 2014 Jan Scheuermann! A quadriplegic pioneer, she spent the last two years as a "lab rat" at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center helping test mind-controlled prosthetics and Hector the Robotic Arm. Paralyzed from the neck down from a rare condition 12 years ago, Jan is determined to use her situation for a greater purpose.
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Fire Dance: Best of Wheelchair Salsa
Salsa, the dance of lovers. Watch three amazing wheelchair salsa videos from SPINALpedia to start your weekend off right! Including a video from the newly created Wheelchair Dancepiration in California, as well as a group salsa performance from Israeli veterans. Amazing stuff!
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SCI Superstar: Kevin Brooks
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Kevin Brooks! A youth prevention and drunk driving speaker from Canada, this 30 something man who became paralyzed at the age 20 shares his wisdom with thousands of high school students around the world each year. We love this guy!
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SCI Superstar: Ashley Lyn Olson
Have you heard about SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar Ashley Lyn Olson? She's the epic voice behind one of the BEST wheelchair travel blogs online, Wheelchair Traveling. She shares her travels from Japan to Napa Valley, and she also gives accessible travel seminars at the Abilities Expo! Injured at 14 in a car wreck, she has perfected the art of fearlessness.
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Best of Overseas Wheelchair Tricks
From Poland to the UK, watch three videos from wheelers overseas showing off their tricks! Jack Binstead demos the "side-saddle" sit, Aleski shows how he can still use monkey bars in true monkey-like form and Marcin from Poland shows off a sweet billiards move that makes his cue ball fly.
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SPINALpedia’s Holiday Crowrise Challenge launches today!
I hope you had an outstanding 2014! It is my honor to be part of the SPINALpedia and Determined2Heal Holiday Crowdrise Challenge! Watch the video showing what we do: To help out with our cause, please visit our Crowdrise Holiday Challenge page! Happy Holidays! Tiffiny
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SCI Superstar: Matt Scott
SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week - Pro-wheelchair basketball player Matt Scott! Originally from Detroit, this 29 year old Paralympian has become a star playing in Turkey's epic sports club Galatasaray since 2008. As part of the International Wheelchair Basketball (IWBF), he's helped the Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) team win the IWBF championship every year except for one, dodging riots at games and lovin' every minute of it. Damn right. Makin' the US proud!
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The Latest on Male Sexuality and Spinal Cord Injury
For men with spinal cord injuries, there's always so many questions when it comes to sexuality. Here are three videos from SPINALpedia highlighting this important issue, including the latest treatment options and a great conversation with Rafe Eric Biggs PhD, quadriplegic and founder of Sexability!
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SCI Superstar: Jamie Goodwin
Meet SPINALpedia's go-getter SCI Superstar this week - Jamie Goodwin of Wheelin' Weightloss. A paraplegic who put on too much baby weight after having 3 sons, she started a epic weightloss quest two years ago and has lost over 40lbs! How did she do it? Think you could do it too? Read her story!
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Paraplegic flies 16,000 miles from UK to Australia
Meet SPINALpedia.com's SCI Superstar this week Dave Sykes! He is the intrepid T8 paraplegic from Britain who flew his ultralight aircraft 12,000 miles from the UK to Australia back in 2011. As the kids like to say, he is our favorite kind of crazy.