Wheel Pad: an innovative, mobile solution to home-modification construction chaos!
Wheel Pad is an innovative, mobile solution to the labor-intensive and time-consuming process of remodeling a home for a loved one after a spinal cord injury, or any disabling condition. Joseph Cincotta and Julie Lineberger, an architect/business-minded married couple, conceptual
Handi-Craft Adaptive Whitewater Tour 2018
The Handi-Craft Adaptive Whitewater Tour is a one-man sensation! Eric Thompson sustained a spinal cord injury in 2012, and as many of us know, the injury flipped his world, but it didn’t snuff his spirit. Now he’s touring the US demonstrating how anyone can enjoy whitewat
2018 PDX Summer Handcycling Series starts soon!
Come handcycle every Tuesday, 5-6pm at the Portland International Raceway from July 10th – September 25th! If you’ve never tried it, you may fall in love with it. And if you fall in love with it, you can apply to Kelly Brush Foundation and/or Challenged Athlete’s Founda
Oregon SCI at Roll on Capitol Hill 2018!
You were represented in Washington, DC by five Oregonians with spinal cord injuries! Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection is the Portland chapter of United Spinal Association (USA). For the last two years Oregon SCI has sent 2 or 3 representatives to Washington, DC for the Roll o
Adaptive Bikes for PDX
Whether it’s special bike lanes, miles of bike-friendly trails or the bike share program, the city of Portland has earned its reputation as one of America’s bike-friendliest places. This July Portland added another accomplishment to the list, launching the nation’s first pa
Accessible Trails
Below is a collection of some of the best accessible trails around Oregon and SW Washington. These have been compiled through conversations with other wheelchair users, notably Chuck Frayer, and an excellent 2008 article in the Oregonian by Terry Richards highlighting so
Friends & Family Support Group
A spinal cord injury affects the whole community. For those of us who are watching a loved one adapt to an SCI, or are accompanying him or her now as a caregiver, we experience a whole range of emotions too. Life after an SCI stretches and strengthens us in ways we never knew w
Power Soccer
Adaptive Sports Northwest Power Soccer program is designed and developed especially for power wheelchair users. It’s a team sport that helps build character through teamwork, communication, hard work, perseverance, good sportsmanship. It’s the only team sport available to
Out and About with the Cripple Triple Threat
I recently had the opportunity to become a member of a wheelchair gang, The Cripple Triple Threat. It’s the only one I know of in Portland. Actually, it may be the only one in Oregon for that matter. Dave, Josiah, and I are the Cripple Triple Threat, three friends who forged ou
As Winter Set’s Head to Maupin
As fall turns to winter and we must face the inevitable onslaught of moisture, I cringe at the thought of not being able to get outside “hiking” as much. One thought is to head east, once you hit the high arid desert of central Oregon I believe the rain should subsi
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