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Time profiles wheelchair bodybuilding
When Time magazine does a photo essay on anything, you know you’re gonna like it. View 21 gorgeous black & white photos covering the 2nd annual IFBB Pro Wheelchair Championships held in Houston Oct. 13th, 2012. Read this entry
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SCI Superstar: Sophie Morgan
Artist, TV presenter, REX walking suit ambassador, learn all about Sophie Morgan. She’s a 27 yr old paraplegic from the UK who’s been on two reality shows since her injury (Beyond Boundaries, Britain’s Missing Top Model) and is an up-and-coming BBC TV personality. Read this entry
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Parenting rockstars on wheels
Watch a quadriplegic paint his daughter’s toenails with mouth! (don’t worry he’s a mouth painter, so he knows what he’s doing). Also, see how a paraplegic picks up her 10 month old from her chair, watch UK disabled actress Kelly-Marie Stewart talk about “invisible mums” (including her). And you gotta meet Steve Laux, quadriplegic & winner of the Reeve Foundation’s Best Dad on Wheels for 2012! Read this entry
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SCI Superstar: Patrick Rummerfield
Yup, he’s on his feet! Meet the world’s full recovered quadriplegic (now Indy drag racer). Patrick was 21 when he was hurt, now he’s60. And even though 85% of his spinal cord was decimated, he regained all of his function from activity based restorative therapy. Read this entry
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Sometimes you just need to be a zombie
You have no idea how fun it is to dress up like She-Ra (’80s cartoon character, sister of He-Man). I’m usually known as “She-Ra in a wheelchair” (instead of just She-Ra) whenever I do it. It kinda pisses me off, but what do you do, the large glaring power chair cannot be ignored. I have never let it stop me though. Some of the happiest moments I’ve had since becoming paralyzed have happened while I’ve been dressed up. Also, check out the awesome Zombie Pool Party photo montage featuring three zombified women w/ disabilities. Read this entry
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SCI Superstar: Chris Waddell
The most decorated male Paralympian mono-skiier of all-time, one of People’s “50 Most Beautiful People” in 1998, and Chris just scaled Mt. Kilamajaro using a four-wheeled hand crank device you gotta see to believe. Read this entry
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The only paraplegic pro-surfer in the world
At the beach or the skate park – this is where you would’ve found Christiaan Bailey (who’s on the cover of this month‘s Sports ‘n Spokes magazine), an always-on-the-go pro surfer before his injury. What’s awesome about this SCI superstar is that this is where you can still find him. A L3-L4 fracture while filming a skateboarding video in 2006 is how Christiaan became paralyzed, but he’s refused to let it stop him from doing what he loves. Within weeks, Christiaan was already sketching surf board designs for paraplegics from his hospital bed. Read this entry
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Back-to-school fierceness
It’s back to school time, people, and that means wheelchair-users everywhere are rolling into classrooms (and pushing desks out of their way). Oh man, I remember my first day of college orientation as a quad. Talk about the Scariest. Day. Ever. But I soon found out, just like these wise people below, I was freaking out over nothing and realized after a few short months that college was going to be more than ok (and utterly awesome in fact). The first video is of Carrie, a quadriplegic (injured in 2003). She shares what it was like to go back to college at Depaul university. In her video (created by Facingdisability.com),…
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A great SCI-worthy donation
And this is a big one, folks. September is – woo hoo! – Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. What does this whole “awareness month” message mean? Lots of things…talking about what is a spinal cord injury, sharing spinal cord injury prevention tips and bringing up important issues facing people with spinal cord injuries. This is actually where my heart lies. No one can cure us, but we can be in control of our lives by improving day-to-day issues, like having people who understand and all the information you need so you can live an amazing, healthy and independent life. HUGE stuff. That is why I am a major fan of BACKBONES. They’re a great non-profit dedicated to improving all of…
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Push Girls Episode 14 Review: Breaking Back In
In episode 14, the season comes to a close with the premiere of Auti’s new film (and she invites her long lost Dad). Angela finally lands her dream modeling gig, but brings new boyfriend as her caretaker for the 3 day shoot in NYC. Does it end up being a good idea? SPOILERS AHEAD *** The episode begins with Angela sitting at her kitchen table with her caretaker Judy, looking through headshots and putting together her modeling portfolio. She gets a phone call from her casting agent and is told she just landed a modeling deal with Nordstrom. Dude!
