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Tips For Parenting As A Wheelchair User

Parents with Disabilities
8.7.2018
“Being a parent is a wonderful thing. It’s arguably one of the most rewarding, unpredictable, exciting, meaningful and challenging jobs of...READ MORE
Picture of Kristina and her child from the back. Her child is walking beside her with a beanie on her head. Kristina's wheelchair has cheetah print fabric on the backrest.
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Doctor With Spinal Cord Injury

Coping
6.21.2018
Fernami Okanlami is a physician in family medicine. He has a C6 spinal cord injury. Backbones interviewed Fernami to show how every day he...READ MORE
Picture of Fernami Oklanlami. He has glasses and bow-tie on.
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Wounded Veteran Becomes Pilot

Hobbies
6.20.2018
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AbleFlight is an organization created by pilots that provide scholarships to people with disabilities who have the desire to learn how to...READ MORE
Screenshot of Andrew in front of his airplane
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How Caring For Her Brother Changed This Sister's Life

Caregiving
6.18.2018
Tammi Moses’s life in some ways has been shaped by being a caregiver for her late brother Daniel who was born with Duchenne Muscular...READ MORE
Picture of Tammi's Family. Her Mom, dad, herself and Daniel.
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Visiting Cape Town, South Africa In A Wheelchair

Destinations
6.17.2018
Rida Desai is a self-proclaimed disability activist by day and a social butterfly by night. He lives in South Africa and has traveled all...READ MORE
Picture of Rida in front of stone ledge in Cape Town
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Paraplegic Arm Exercises

Fitness
6.13.2018
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Marcela Turnage, a paraplegic, demonstrates different arm exercises using dumbbells and kettlebells. Wheelchair fitness To begin her...READ MORE
Screenshot of Marcela holding dumbbells in each hand. Her elbows are bent and she has headphones on.

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