Live music has become one of my favorite things since becoming paralyzed. When you're at a club enjoying live music, you're just like everyone else - another pair of ears taking in the beats. My first concert, The Monkees, was when I was seven years old at the Minnesota State fair, but after my [..}
Podcast 97: Neil Picone – wheelchair bodybuilder
by on May 2, 2013
In podcast 97, Neil Picone, an IFBB Pro wheelchair bodybuilder from New Jersey is on the show (he was paralyzed 6 years ago in a motorbike crash), and boy is he awesome. With an upper body that is better than most guys and a sweetheart to boot, this relatively new bodybuilder has an amazing [..}
PCA Upheaval
by on April 22, 2013
For the vast majority of my post-spinal cord injury lifestyle I have had a great deal of stability in regards to PCAs that come in to help me out with my personal cares. As I mentioned in a few years ago, a local hospital used to send home health aides to me every morning while I still lived at home [..}
The one unexpected benefit of being paralyzed
by on April 20, 2013
When you're not "plugged into" your body (this is how I like to describe paralysis), yeah sure, I won't beat around the bush - it mostly sucks. But there's one bizarre benefit I've begun to notice the longer I'm paralyzed - you're not as plugged into your body. [..}
Life After SCI: The Tiffiny Carlson Story
by on April 15, 2013
Our latest video in the Life After SCI series is live. The Tiffiny Carlson Story is chock full of great tips for those with recent spinal cord injuries, but will be just as relevant for veteran wheelchair users. Tiffiny tells it like it is and doesn't shy away from topics, check out the video - it [..}
Good Craigslist PCAs an oxymoron?
by on April 9, 2013
It all used to work so great. If one of my PCAs had to move onto greener pastures, I'd go on Craigslist, place an ad and bam, get 20 - 50 replies just like that. But lately, I have no idea what's happening. It's not working like it used to. [..}
How much would you pay not to be paralyzed?
by on April 5, 2013
My 30th anniversary of the accident that left me a paraplegic is coming up this April. On my anniversaries, I often ponder how life would have been if I had not taken that last drive of the night on my motorcycle. I do know this, the 30 years in a chair have been as full as anybody’s who is [..}
Podcast 96: Annette Hormozian
by on April 2, 2013
In podcast 96, Tiffiny is joined by Annette Hormozian, a wheelchair ballroom dancer from California who's been dancing her entire life, both pre and post injury (she was injured 24 years ago when the car she was riding in went off a cliff). Annette grew up belly dancing and doing traditional [..}
Spring cleaning – a necessary evil
by on March 26, 2013
Dust mites dwelling in cat hair under my bed, a half eaten banana in my fridge, keeping one too many items on my kitchen counter ('clutter' apparently), spring cleaning (thanks to help from my mom and sister) is a necessary evil I can now scratch off my 2013 check-list, and boy it was not a pretty [..}
Regaining Lost Eye Contact
by on March 21, 2013
I used to have good, if not great, eye contact when talking to people. That skill could be traced all the way back to middle school and high school when I always got high marks for good eye contact with my audience during graded speeches. When talking to people I tried really hard to make good eye [..}
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