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We Can Live The Good Life Too

by on March 15, 2011

Sometimes I get the feeling that everybody is staring at me. Not because I’m in a wheelchair, and not because my hair is brighter than some car headlights. They stare because they’re surprised - they’re surprised to see a woman in a wheelchair who doesn't fit the typical “wheelchair [..}


Lessons From my Epic Battle with Pneumonia

by on February 21, 2010

I’m usually a healthy quadriplegic. The kind that never gets sick, never has skin issues, never needs to see a doctor (except for the occasional UTI). I was the “untouchable quad” for 17 years, and I loved every second of it. Well, that all changed January 31st, 2010, when I got Pneumonia (the [..}


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Running a marathon to raise funds for NSCIA

by on September 10, 2008

Hello Friends! On Oct 26th I will run the Marine Corp Marathon in Washington DC, after saying that I would never subject myself to such agony again. I am coming out of my very sane retirement to participate with Bill Fertig, who is a wheelchair athlete, to raise funds for the National Spinal Cord [..}


YouTube – The 10 Commandments of Life in a Wheelchair

by on September 1, 2008

Here is our friend and EasyStand customer Tiffiny Carlson sharing her words of wisdom. Tiff is the founder of Beautyability and the column writer for the SCI Life column in New Mobility Magazine, as well as a freelance writer for many other websites and publications. She is a quadriplegic with a [..}