Rolling http://www.thirteen.org/rolling Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:47:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Air travel tips for wheelchair users http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/air-travel-tips-for-wheelchair-users/14/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/air-travel-tips-for-wheelchair-users/14/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:47:20 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/building-a-more-accessible-world/air-travel-tips-for-wheelchair-users An experienced wheelchair user offers some helpful tips for air travel. In this video, learn how to check your chair, secure an aisle seat and upgrade to first class, and rent a car with hand controls.

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/air-travel-tips-for-wheelchair-users/14/feed/ 6 Wings on Wheels http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/wings-on-wheels/13/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/wings-on-wheels/13/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:12:58 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/your-lifeyour-site/wings-on-wheels Lars Taylor was a cross-country skiing champ looking forward to the Olympics. Then he suffered a mountain biking accident that left him disabled.

After his accident, Lars became fascinated with paragliding, which, unlike hang gliding, allows Lars to pilot his free-flying wing from a sitting position in his wheelchair.

“When you’re disabled, there’s that element of losing control of your own life,” Lars says. “[Paragliding] is one of the few things in the world that, once I’m in the air, it’s a level playing field.”

In this short documentary, extreme sports filmmaker Peter “Peru” Chrzanowski captures amazing scenes of Lars Taylor in flight.

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/wings-on-wheels/13/feed/ 2 Wheelchairs and public transportation http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/wheelchairs-and-public-transportation/12/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/wheelchairs-and-public-transportation/12/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:12:19 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/your-lifeyour-site/wheelchairs-and-public-transportation Wheelchair user Eliot Thompson discusses public transportation accessibility and the growing acceptance of people with disabilities from bus drivers and riders alike in Manchester, UK.

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/wheelchairs-and-public-transportation/12/feed/ 1 How to Communicate with People with Disabilities http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/how-to-communicate-with-people-with-disabilities/11/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/how-to-communicate-with-people-with-disabilities/11/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:10:55 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/building-a-more-accessible-world/how-to-communicate-with-people-with-disabilities Cheryl Kohls of the Intercultural Communications Institute submitted the following tips in a presentation called “Like I’m Not Even There: Communication and People with Disabilities.” You can read the full document here.

Disabled Children Require Respect

  • Childhood is a time when a person’s identity is developed. Therefore, we must treat children with disabilities with respect and dignity.
  • Children with disabilities often hear words with negative connotations: victim, suffering, handicapped.
  • Children with disabilities are frequently rejected because they are perceived as damaged.
  • Children with disabilities learn strategies to ease others discomfort but do not learn coping skills for their own emotional well-being.
  • Children with disabilities will often choose to avoid communication altogether rather than be disrespected or disregarded.

People Are Not Their Disabilities

  • Do not use a person’s diagnosis as a descriptor of the person. When we make the diagnosis more important than the person, we devalue and disrespect them, and violate their trust.
  • Address people with disabilities directly–do not treat them as though they are invisible or incapable of understanding you.

Your Attitude Can Alienate People with Disabilities

  • Do not insist on helping a person with a disability. Many people with disabilities pride themselves on their independence; they may perceive your insistence as condescending.
  • Many people with disabilities prefer to ask for assistance when they need it. By asking for help, they maintain control of the situation.
  • It is not always clear to the able-bodied person whether assistance is necessary. When in doubt, just ask. Remember to choose your words carefully and strive for respect.
]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/how-to-communicate-with-people-with-disabilities/11/feed/ 0 Quadriplegic makes pontoon accessible for a wheelchair http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/quadriplegic-makes-pontoon-accessible-for-a-wheelchair/10/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/quadriplegic-makes-pontoon-accessible-for-a-wheelchair/10/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:10:31 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/building-a-more-accessible-world/quadriplegic-makes-pontoon-accessible-for-a-wheelchair An afternoon on the lake is the last place you’d expect to find a quadriplegic in a heavy wheelchair. But that’s exactly where you’ll find a Ron, a skipper who made his pontoon wheelchair-accessible with a few ingenious modifications.

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/quadriplegic-makes-pontoon-accessible-for-a-wheelchair/10/feed/ 3 Wheelchair basketball and other wheelchair sports http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/wheelchair-basketball-and-other-wheelchair-sports/9/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/wheelchair-basketball-and-other-wheelchair-sports/9/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:58:49 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/building-a-more-accessible-world/wheelchair-basketball-and-other-wheelchair-sports Ray Grandoit didn’t let his wheelchair stop him from draining 20-footers and tossing assists.

In this video, the man behind up-and-coming fashion label Ray Grand Apparel talks wheelchair recreation with his mentor, Ken Mumford, director of Boston’s Wheelchair Sports and Recreation Association.

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/wheelchair-basketball-and-other-wheelchair-sports/9/feed/ 1 Paraplegic adapts his truck for a wheelchair http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/paraplegic-adapts-his-truck-for-a-wheelchair/8/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/paraplegic-adapts-his-truck-for-a-wheelchair/8/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:40:13 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/building-a-more-accessible-world/paraplegic-adapts-his-truck-for-a-wheelchair Rod, a paraplegic and experienced wheelchair user, demonstrates how to transfer into a pickup truck and how his homemade crane grabs his wheelchair and places it in the back of his truck.

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/paraplegic-adapts-his-truck-for-a-wheelchair/8/feed/ 2 Beth riding her wheelchair hand-cycle http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/beth-riding-her-wheelchair-hand-cycle/7/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/beth-riding-her-wheelchair-hand-cycle/7/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:49:25 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/your-lifeyour-site/beth-riding-her-wheelchair-hand-cycle A music video of Beth riding her upright wheelchair handcycle/bicycle from ocean to forest. This new innovation on the idea of a bicycle invents a new sport all of itself!

As stated in the original description, “It helps to have strong up beat music in your head when going up those hills.”

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/beth-riding-her-wheelchair-hand-cycle/7/feed/ 2 Georgina Goes Out http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/georgina-goes-out/6/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/georgina-goes-out/6/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:22:20 +0000 admin http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/your-lifeyour-site/georgina-goes-out The Mediabox and Channel 4’s FourDocs Filmmaking Competition was launched in July 2007, and awarded 10 filmmakers £500 to make their own film on a subject of their choice.

“Georgina Goes Out” is the winning film from the competition. Georgina has cerebral palsy. In the film she reveals what it is like to be dependent on care and wheelchair help and also reveals how she has structured her private life around her disability.

]]> http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/georgina-goes-out/6/feed/ 0 Wheelchair Curlers Break Barriers http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/wheelchair-curlers-break-barriers/5/ http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/building-a-more-accessible-world/wheelchair-curlers-break-barriers/5/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:37:36 +0000 admin http://genesis.thirteen.org/rolling/experience/building-a-more-accessible-world/brian-rolls-away In Canada, the wheelchair curlers have a full national league. In this clip you can see Richard Dudek of Manitoba’s Wheelchair Curlers show the device used in place of the broom to throw the rock on the ice. The device in the video is often called a “curler’s cue” or “delivery stick.” The cue holds on to the handle of the stone and is then pushed along by the curler. At the end of delivery, the curler pulls back on the cue, which releases it from the stone.

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