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Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
  • 47 recommendations
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • 16 recommendations
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 1, 2008
  • 7 recommendations
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 10, 2008
  • 6 recommendations
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

People are always staring at me- Is it my disability or my good looks?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted September 26, 2008
  • 4 recommendations
  • Have you ever noticed that when you are in a wheelchair, people just stop and stare? I always notice people staring at me when I am taking apart my wheelchair and putting it in my car. I also notice it ...

What do I miss about life before my injury?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted November 13, 2008
  • 3 recommendations
  • In the last couple of months people have asked me what I miss about my life before my injury. The answer is everything! How could I not miss things, it changed everything about how I thought my future ...

Handicap Parking Abusers; Part 1- Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted October 8, 2008
  • 3 recommendations
  • I have read many different blogs from people with various disabilities about their frustrations with people who abuse handicap parking. I have wanted to start a handicap parking enforcement program for ...

TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS!

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted September 24, 2008
  • 3 recommendations
  • Does anyone ever get tired of fighting for your rights that we are entitled to, for wheelchair access to public places? I know this is just one of many things that the American with Disabilities Act covers ...

What's the difference between “Barrier Free” and "ADA" apartments?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted November 3, 2008
  • 2 recommendations
  • When you use a wheelchair it can be hard to find accessible apartments and housing. Over the last 10 years, I have always been someone that rented an apartment and at one time I even had a small house ...

The Candidates on Stem Cell Research

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted October 22, 2008
  • 2 recommendations
  • I know that stem cell research is a very controversial subject among people with disabilities, but I was forwarded this link on the candidate’s views on Stem Cell Research. If you are not informed on ...

Time for People with Disabilities to vote- Your Voice and Vote Counts!

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted October 20, 2008
  • 2 recommendations
  • According to a website on the census of how many people have disabilities of some sort in the United States; are about 58 million people. With that amount of people affected by disabilities in the United ...

Do you ever feel like the only female in a wheelchair?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted October 6, 2008
  • 2 recommendations
  • When I was first injured, it took 6 months for me to connect with another female in a wheelchair to ask her women related issues about spinal cord injury. This happens to a lot to newly injured women ...

Tails and Toes- How many do I have to run over in my wheelchair?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted September 30, 2008
  • 2 recommendations
  • For years I have always tried so hard to be very careful about not running over people’s feet in my wheelchair, especially their toes. Heck, if it happens, I will always feel bad. I feel like I need to ...

Trying to win the war on pain

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted November 19, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • Over the past 15 years I have struggled with pain and it can be very frustrating. When I wake up, the first 15 minutes of my day are the worst. I even bought a new mattress this year to try to help my ...

Veteran's Day - A day to remember and honor our heroes!

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted November 11, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • Veteran's Day was not a day that meant much to me personally until I started meeting veterans coming back from Iraq. I was surprised to find out that the amount deaths because of the war in Iraq was 4193 ...

Traveling Tips Part 1: Renting a car if you have a disability

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted November 7, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • Traveling Tips Part 1: Renting a car In the past 15 years since I have been using a wheelchair, traveling has never been easy, but I don’t let it stop me. Just a few weeks ago I had to go to Atlanta ...

My Hero, My Inspiration, My Friend…

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted October 15, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • In life, we all have people that inspire us, and sometimes they don’t always realize how much. I hear from a lot of people that say I inspire them, and while that is a compliment, I feel it has a lot ...

Handicap Parking Abusers: Part 2, Top 10 Excuses

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted October 13, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • Most people have witnessed people parking illegally in a handicap spot, and maybe have even wondered what their disability is? If you have a disabled placard/license plate, you probably have heard some ...

Update blog: TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS!

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted October 2, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • On September 24th, I wrote a blog called "TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS!” I wanted to update people on the situation. I just received a call from the property manager and they ...

I thought I was short before I was in a wheelchair!

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted September 30, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • Being in my wheelchair is so challenging at times because I am short and people don’t see me. I try to be very aware of my surroundings, but since I only sit about 4 feet high, I am always getting bumped ...

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