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Episode 6: Service Dogs for Quadriplegics
Service dogs make the lives of thousands of people with spinal cord injuries safer, happier and healthier everyday. The joy a service animal can bring to your life is priceless, but for quadriplegics, even moreso. The amazing tasks and companionship they provide cannot be beat. In Episode 6, Tiffiny has on three guests, all with quadriplegia, who share their lives with their service dogs. Show run-time is 1 hour, 21 minutes. Listen here: Guests Descriptions and Time Stamps Can be Found Below: Guest #1) Erin Thompson (1:45 mins): A new college graduate from Minnesota, Erin is a C5-6 quadriplegic and her service dog is Mia. Follow them @miatheservicedoggo and @mizhoneybadger…
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Life After Paralysis Podcast Episode #3: Adaptive Camping
In Episode #3 of Tiffiny’s podcast for SPINALpedia Life After Paralysis, we chat about the in’s and out’s of adaptive camping, with all-terrain chairs, cots vs. transferring to the ground, tents and accessible lean-to’s and more discussed. Three avid campers on wheels also join in – Greg Niedzielski, Jason Thurston and Ty Hockett. Run-time is 43 minutes. Listen here or listen in the player below.
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Podcast Episode #9: Quadriplegic Technology
Episode #9, Quadriplegic Technology, of my podcast True Wheelchair Life: SCI Life Uncovered is live! Listen in as my three awesome guests Eric Anderson, Mark E Felling and Ian Mackay share the technology they use in their day-to-day lives, including how Siri saved one of their lives. Listen here
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SCI Health Series: Preventing Skin Breakdowns
Check out our second article in our new SCI Health Series – Preventing Skin Breakdowns. It’s never a bad idea to read up on the best ways to take care of your skin post-injury. In this fresh-skin post, we’ve outlined everything you need to do to keep your skin pressure-sore free, and happy happy. Read more
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SCI Superstar: Peter Soby Jr.
Meet Spinalpedia's February SCI Superstar Peter Soby Jr! A film director, writer and producer from LA (but originally from Illinois), meet this cool cat who overcame a health scare in 2014 but keeps on truckin' AND tapping into his creative juices no matter what life throws at him.
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SCI Superstar: Rob Wudlick
Even though he’s only 30 years old, Rob Wudlick’s journey since his spinal cord injury has been one-of-the kind. A fresh SCI research advocate, newly injured people like Rob are refusing to accept spinal cord injuries as permanent, and what they’re doing to help the SCI community is helping in big ways. Other than working out since his injury using activity-based therapy (and being one of the most positive guys in the gym), he’s a founding member and Chairman of the Board for a nonprofit dedicated to curing spinal cord injury, Get Up Stand Up (GUSU), and is busy hitting the pavement at Capitol Hill (in his home state or…
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Working 2 Walk 2015: We Came, We Saw and We Left with Hope
Read SPINALpedia's write-up on U2FP/Working2Walk 2015! See pictures, read overviews of the most interesting presentations from SCI research programs and watch video of the presentations (and of the advocates!). It was a great 2 days. Hope to see you all next year at W2W 2016 in Minneapolis!
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SCI Superstar: Martyn Ashton
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar Martyn Ashton! A YouTube star from the UK famous for his crazy mountain bike stunts, Martyn was injured while filming a sequel to one of his videos, but this hasn't stopped this adrenaline junkie. Now a T7 para, he and his riding buddies have created an amazing adapted mountain bike, allowing him to ride on 2 wheels.
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SCI Superstar: Pieter du Preez
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Pieter du Preez! The first quadriplegic (C6 complete) to complete an Ironman Triathlon (swimming 3.8 kilometers, handcycling 180 kilometers and racing 42.2 kilometers in his racing chair), this South African Paralympian and married man has one heck of a story to tell.
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SCI Superstar: Robert Thompkins
Check out SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Robert Thompkins! A daredevil pre-injury and one of the first people to try chairskating, Robert is bringing this wicked cool sport to skate parks all around the San Diego-area, and he co-founded the nonprofit Looking Beyond The Wheels to make it happen.
