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Channeling Your Inner Lawn Guy
Representing every ability level when it comes to lawn mowing from SPINALpedia today! A buff para pushing a push lawn mower, a powerchair user pulling a power manual mower behind him leaving grass clipping in his wake, and a sip 'n puff remote controlled mower from students at Grand Valley State University.
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SCI Superstar: Tasha Schuh
Her dream of being married w/ 5 babies by age 25 may have been delayed, but Ms Wheelchair USA 2012 Tasha Schuh's dream is finally coming true. Check out who's she marrying this August, and find out how this speaker and author from Wisconsin is sharing hope with others, all on SPINALpedia.
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Much Love for the Ultra Accessible Yosemite National Park
Yosemite. Many wheelers believe this is the best national park for accessibility. Check out four homemade videos showing how they enjoy this magical place on SPINALpedia, including four paras going zip-lining and a tour of an accessible trail that gets you *so close* to Lower Yosemite Falls you can feel the spray.
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SCI Superstar: Erik Kondo
A kick butt and take names para with a 3rd degree black belt in Jujitsu, meet the awesome Erik Kondo on SPINALpedia, a toughie from Lexington, MA who's made self-defense moves for wheelchair-users, as well as helping newly injured people, his life's passion.
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Getting to Work After a Spinal Cord Injury
How do you get to work now that *you* have a SCI? Watch paraplegic actor Joseph Generra commute from CT into NYC (taking the train, and and a taxi in Manhattan), watch another para Andrew Angulo transfer/drive the kids to school/then drive to work himself, and meet Johanna Johnson, a vent-dependent quad kindergarten teacher, all on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Chantal Petitclerc
Stunning with a sexy French accent, learn about Chantal Petitclerc at SPINALpedia! A paraplegic since she was 13 who hails from Montreal, she's considered one of the best athletes from Canada. Wheelchair racing is her poison and she won a record 15 gold medals at four different Paralympic games.
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These Sailors Don’t Need Legs to Sail
Three adapted sailing videos from SPINALpedia! A paraplegic "Jon Krakauer" type who's been on the road since last August, sleeping in his Wagoneer and camping/sailing all over the country, Geoff Holt, a standup Brit who's the *first* quadriplegic to sail across the Atlantic, and take a tour of the luxe accessible yacht - the Verity K.
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SCI Superstar: Chad Hymas
Read the story of Chad Hymas - a family man & farmer turned motivational speaker on SPINALpedia! He was injured when a 1 ton bale of hay landed on him in 2001. Now 37 and a member of the Nat'l Speakers Association, he's a motivational speaking machine, giving 220 speeches last year and traveling 500,000 miles to get there.
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Podcast 98: Jen Addis – motivational speaker & TV host
From guest-hosting "Discover Wisconsin," sharing her love for the accessible outdoors with the Midwest to helping organize the This Is How We Roll fashion show, an event showcasing 50 fashionable women in wheelchairs, meet the beautiful Jen Addis.
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Aging gracefully despite the “easy wheelchair life”
My post today for the UNlimiters on the inevitable...aging. Is it different from a chair?