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)
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Snowmobiling – thrilling and easily adapted!
Snowmobiling is one of those things post-injury sports that rules.
They already have hand-controls built into them, and almost nothing beats going 60mph on powder in some of the most beautiful scenery you’ve ever been around.
Check out these three awesome videos of paraplegics, including “100 mph” Trevor Moen from BC, Canada. Read this entry
Podcast 92: Damon Boiser – Mahalo is his middle name
In podcast 92, Tiffiny is joined by Damon Boiser, a lifelong resident of Hawaii, who was injured doing what he loves – surfing – 9 years ago.
They talk about Damon’s interesting (and sometimes tumultuous) journey to recovery on the Big Island (traveling there from Kauai).
And they discuss his discovery and love of three adrenaline-soaring sports that have helped fill the void that surfing left – skydiving, karate and Aikido.
He’s the first person to directly land in their wheelchair after a skydive in fact!
SCI Superstar: John Hockenberry
Current host of NPR’s, The Takeaway, John Hockenberry (paralyzed at the age of 19 while hitchhiking) has become an esteemed journalist despite going on year 36 of being paralyzed.
In the ’90s, he was on the ground in war zones like Iraq & Somalia covering news for ABC and NBC, and he had a MSNBC show, Hockenberry. Learn all about this brilliant man. Read this entry
Let’s go hunting (and kill things!)
Hunting season is on!
Watch a C4 quad hunt with a breath-powered trigger, watch another quadriplegic hunt in a manual wheelchair using a blind (and drag the deer back to his truck!) and watch a C2 quad target shoot with a 9mm pistol. Read this entry
SCI Superstar: Wise Young
A top spinal cord injury researcher, on the hunt for a cure since the 1980’s. Wise Young is one of our greatest champions. Learn all about him. Read this entry
Hair, hair, hair
Watch a female quad blowdry and style her own hair with zero finger movement.
Also – watch a quad wash his hair in his bathroom sink using a kitchen-style faucet installed in his bathroom and a young guy newly paralyzed, shave his head and beard with finesse. Read this entry
SCI Superstar: Carlana Stone Lawson
LOVE her!
She’s a Harley girl, the first reporter in a wheelchair in the city of Miami, and is the world’s first female paraplegic to fly solo.
Oh and she’s a producer in Hollywood too (she’s produced Intervention). Read this entry
Paraplegic travels to Afghanistan to teach wheelchair basketball
Jess, 35, was a forward on the NY Rollin’ Knicks the last few yrs.
Now he’s teaching men & women in Afghanistan (he’s been doing it since 2009) how to play the game. I want to work for the Int’l Red Cross too! Read all about him
Wheelchairs climbing stairs
Stairs? Pffft…no problemo.
Watch wheelchair-users hoist themselves up and down stairs using the Railing Side Wheel Control method and an overhead bar installed in the home (strong arms and a lightweight wheelchair required).
And check out the RUSSIAN-made power stair-climbing wheelchair, the Observer Maximus! Read this entry