Products

SCI Social Media Favorite Launches Affordable Adaptive Product Line

One of the web’s best sources for simple adaptive solutions, Abilitease, has launched an online store so you can purchase the affordable products featured in its online videos. Products range from an adapter that makes it easier to plug the charging cable into your iPhone, to a drink cuff that lets you easily hold a can or bottle without any grip strength, to a cap that lets you cath into a urinal with less chance of mess. Click the link for more information and to see a video of one of Abilitease’s innovative products.

Music

Accessible Festivals Wants to Give You Free Access to Major Music Festivals

You have a chance to score free tickets for some of the biggest music festivals in the country, including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Stagecoach and more, thanks to a new grant program from Accessible Festivals. This nonprofit partners with music promoters across the country to improve the experience for wheelchair users and others with disabilities, and all the festivals included in the grant program have well-established accessibility programs.

Bully Pulpit

My Complicated Relationship With My Body

A series of health setbacks forced Ian Ruder to get honest about his relationship with his body. “I worry that in some way I’m affirming the sinister ableist narrative that all of our disabled bodies are broken, ugly and unlovable — but I’m not,” he writes. “Instead, I’m embracing reality and accepting that the only certainty my body and I can look forward to is more uncertainty.”

Comic

Please Remain Seated: Back to School

United Spinal News

Vote for Your Favorite #StrongWheeled Together Finalists

Judges have narrowed down finalists for United Spinal Association’s #StrongWheeled Together awards honoring exceptional individuals within the SCI/D community. But it’s up to you to decide the winner. Click the link to see the videos of the finalists in five categories — entrepreneurship and innovation; performing arts; sports and recreation; visual arts and writing; and youth leadership and community — and “like” your favorite in each. Winners will be determined by who has the most likes.

Pro Tip

Where to Turn When Your Chronic SCI Complications Worsen

For years, there have been two surgeons well known for being able to effectively diagnose and treat spinal cord injury complications like tethered cords and syrinxes. One retired in 2021, and the other recently changed his practice. We asked our longtime health reporter Bob Vogel to investigate. He found that there are good SCI surgeons out there, but you have to know where to look.

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