All Entries in the "Self Help" Category
Coping With An Unruly Power Wheelchair
It’s a love/hate relationship between people and their wheelchairs. When all is well, all is well, but when that powered wheelchair decides to show its independence by hitting on yours, well, then all is not so well and the hate emotions can really flow.
Spinal Cord Injury Relationship Coping Style Online Questionnaire
OK gang, let’s kick in and help Shanna get her doctoral degree. You might even win a $200 Visa Gift Card. My name is Shanna Weiss and I am a T12 paraplegic and have a personal interest in improving the quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries. I am doing dissertation research for [...]
Fire Safety For Wheelchair Users At Home And Work
October 3rd through 9th is “Fire Prevention Week”.
Fires are a nightmare situation for everyone but even more so for wheelchair users and people with diminished mobility who may not be able to make use of traditional emergency evacuation methods.
Accessibility Services, a program of United Spinal has a free publication, “Fire Safety For Wheelchair Users At Home And Work”, and a free online training course that can help individuals, businesses, and organizations understand and hopefully implement wheelchair fire safety protocols.
Turning Your Wheelchcair Into A Mobile Leaf Blower
Autumn is here and if you live anywhere near a tree you’ll soon have tree droppings to deal with. No big deal if you can stroll across the acreage blowing at the multicolored autumn offerings as you go. But what if you are a wheelchair user and don’t want to bust your butt or pay [...]
An Adaptive Home Gym In Your Hands
Exercising from a wheelchair can be tough, but often not as tough as seeing that reflection in the mirror.
Sure, I know, you get plenty of exercise pushing your wheelchair around all day. Wrong! You get plenty of repetitive stress on joints and muscles. You just can’t beat a planned fitness program for getting results.
We Can Save Nassau County NY Able Ride
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is threatening to discontinue its operation of Long Island Bus and Able Ride in Nassau County, NY.
Able Ride is an ADA mandated paratransit service for people with disabilities who are unable to use public transportation.
Able Ride is much more than a bus line. For people with disabilities it is a lifeline to vital community services.
Read how you can help stop this.
Lightweight Portable Workout For Wheelchair Users
It’s tough staying fit from inside a wheelchair. I’ve heard that once or twice from wheelchair users.
However, there are number of exercise devices out there that are affordable, usable outside of a therapy clinic, and that really work.
