A new breed of transport is helping chair users take back the beach. The only problem is, there are so many sand-friendly wheelchairs, you might have a hard time choosing among them. Deciding factors include your size and weight, and whether you want to push yourself or have … [Read more...]
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Accessible Dream Kitchen
In this age of reality television, there are entire shows devoted to renovating the kitchen. For many people, the kitchen is both the most important and the most challenging part of renovation. Adding the need for wheelchair access elevates the difficulty of the project to … [Read more...]
Chefs on Wheels
Pascal Ribreau made his own standing chair with the help of a friend. This is the story of three chefs and how an auto accident, a fallen tree and a carjacking forced them to figure out how their love of food meshed with spinal cord injury. If we told you they clawed their way … [Read more...]
An Inexpensive Weight Loss Program
The exercise regimen Dr. Nash and Mr. Smith recommended involved a series of eight exercises. It utilized hand weights for biceps and deltoid exercises and three eyehooks set in the wall — one 2 inches off the floor to hold the bands for upward diagonal exercises, one at 31 … [Read more...]
Life in Action Editor’s Note: Quad Belly
I’ve got a quad belly. There, I said it. Despite all the times I swore I would never let myself get one and all the time I spent watching what I eat, somewhere along the way it just showed up. I don’t remember the when, the how, or the why, all I remember is looking down one … [Read more...]
Life in Action Editor’s Note: Aging — As a Community
Whoever said, “Anyone can get old — all you have to do is live long enough,” clearly didn’t have a spinal cord injury. Between pressure sores, osteoporosis, muscle issues and social obstacles, simply living long enough to get old in a chair can be akin to navigating a … [Read more...]
Wired People: Taking Neurotech Devices Home
By Charlie DeArmond In the last issue, we reported that functional electrical stimulation is becoming more sophisticated and widespread. As promised, here is a follow-up with a few users of next-gen FES. Got Grip Scott Fessler, C5, enjoys more independence while … [Read more...]
Dating/Relating: Meeting People
While a lot of the situations that nondisabled folks use to spark romance pose hurdles, there are a million things you can do to meet new people. Zoë Amour Taking the plunge from the single wheeling lifestyle into the dating world takes guts. It’s never easy putting … [Read more...]
Youth & Aging
Ray Brown laughs when he thinks about how his doctors gave him a five- to seven-year life expectancy when he broke his T9-10 vertebrae. Sixty-one years later, Brown is still rolling all around South Carolina. On a more somber note, Brown is quick to add that most of the people … [Read more...]
Family Matters: Our Story (And We’re Sticking to It)
The truth is, it takes a sense of humor, a clinical view and a practical approach to daily activities because there is nothing “normal” about our daily routine. It is, however, our normal, our routine. By Michelle Morse Jernigan I’ve only dropped Darren three times since … [Read more...]
