It has been a busier travel season this spring and my luck ran out on my trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. My colleague Mark and I were going to the National Seating and Mobility (NSM) annual sales meeting to show our products to all the Rehab Technology Suppliers (RTS) and educate them on the finer [..}
Kids and I are Like This
by on May 17, 2012
Not too long ago I thought I was an "old person" person and not a "kid person" (they say we're either one or the other). I still have those moments where I'm still not very comfortable being someone with a disability, and old people rarely stare or think it's too out of the ordinary to see someone [..}
The Flight of the Phoenix
by on May 14, 2012
Once a year I look forward to attending an industry tradeshow and demonstrating our standers to booth visitors. This year I was off to the National Seating and Mobility (NSM) Annual Seating Symposium in Arizona, and when some friends of mine told me that one of my guitar students (from twenty [..}
Being an Inspiration – Even When You Don’t Know It
by on May 10, 2012
Who did you look up to most when you were little? Was it your big brother or sister doing all the cool stuff you wanted to do? Or was it some TV celebrity you tried to emulate? Either way, there's always someone out there we attained to be like, and we still do this as adults. In the disability [..}
Podcast #85: A vent? No big
by on May 3, 2012
In episode #85 of No Free Rides, I'm joined by Jenni Taylor, a positively fabulous woman from Minnesota, who's a C1-C2 vent-dependent quadriplegic and the former Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota 2011. At 25, she's had more deeper life experiences than anyone I've ever had on the show. [..}
Guatemala Project
by on April 30, 2012
I met my friend Girvan from Northern Ireland in Early 2001 in the most unlikely place. We both were attending a tradeshow in the country of Luxemburg and we were both staying at the same hotel. The day was long and by the time Andrew (EasyStand International Sales Guru) and I arrived at the hotel we [..}
Help Wanted Occasionally, but Don’t Linger
by on April 26, 2012
The concept of help and a spinal cord injury/wheelchair user/disability lifestyle like mine go hand in hand by default. Every day I need help in the morning from personal care assistants. Depending on a number of other circumstances that come up more sporadically I need help reaching things, moving [..}
Adventures in Healthy Eating
by on April 23, 2012
I was raised on a meat and potatoes diet with a lot of delicious processed food thrown in. Fruity Pebbles, Banana Flips and McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, oh man give it to me. But my Mom was the good one. She made sure to give us every food group in each meal. It was me who decided to make [..}
Getting a Good Night’s Rest
by on April 16, 2012
To say getting a solid night of sleep is challenging when you can‘t move would be one of the greatest generalizations I‘ve ever written. I was already a light sleeper before my injury. It’d usually take me an hour to sleep. I could never relax. And to say these past 19 years of being [..}
Time for a New Wheelchair
by on April 9, 2012
I knew it was time to get a new wheelchair when my joystick stopped working in the rain one day. That was about a year and a half ago. I really should’ve gotten a new chair after having it for five years (like my insurance used to do before the Recession) which was in 2010, but my insurance [..}
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