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Julie Sawchuk: Accessibility reinvented
Julie Sawchuk is a best-selling author, professional speaker and designated Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification (RHFAC) professional. Julie combines her experience of living with a spinal cord injury with her passion for helping people make smart decisions when planning for accessibility.After completing the construction of her own fully accessible home, Julie wrote Build YOUR Space - How to create an accessible home for you, your family and your future. Julie’s home is the only showcase of Universal Design that demonstrates how accessibility is not just functional, but also beautiful.Listen in to our conversation as we discuss her book, her experiences, and how accessibility and adaptability is so applicable to everyone suffering from a disability. I hope you enjoy this episode!
Andrew Bernstein: A cyclist returning.
Listen in to my conversation with Andrew Bernstein who was hit by a car while biking home from training. As he explains in the podcast, the spinal cord injury was the least of his concerns as he fought for life in the first couple of months. A year and a half later, Andrew shares how he is walking further, biking again, and attacking his rehab like he attacked his training before he got hurt. In this episode, we also touch on what it means to “recover,” and how it is often more than just physical recoveries, and Andrew offers some wonderful recommendations to patients who have recently been injured. Connect with Andrew on Instagram @bernietweets.In other news, the four year anniversary of my injury is tomorrow and I will be setting out to set the world record for the 100,000-meter row. I am doing this to raise money for the High Fives Foundation, which is an amazing organization that is helping spinal cord injury athletes achieve their dreams! We have raised an amazing $11,000 so far. Thank you to everyone who has donated! I think we can hit $15,000 with your help! All donations are doubled so go to this link and donate as much or as little as you can!
Update from Andrew
I wanted to quickly update you on what has been happening over here at CTR and where I have been! We have some really exciting episodes coming in the next couple of months and I am hoping to transform the channel into a bit more of a conversational podcast. I also wanted to share with you a fundraiser I am doing to celebrate my fourth injury anniversary! Between now and December 10th, I am trying to raise $10,000 for High Fives Foundation. High Fives is a fabulous organization that helps injured athletes get back to the sports they love. They are actually helping me fund a kite surfboard and begin kite surfing! That not all! For every $1000 we raise I will be rowing 10,000 meters on December 10th! That will be the longest I have ever rowed, before or after my injury. If you could help support this organization and together we can reach our goal! You can donate here, here, or here! If that doesn’t work go to this link: https://support.highfivesfoundation.org/fundraiser/3055365
Orion Owens: Photographer and Creator Pushing the Boundaries
Listen in to my conversation with Orion Owens. Orion and I met while we were at Craig and one of our first encounters was while filming with drones. Orion, who has spent much of his life photographing surfing, has continued to explore film and cinematography with drones. He recently published his first book title, “Regeneration.” You can check it out along with his other work at www.orionowens.com.I apologize for the poor audio quality in this episode. There was a technical difficulty that I didn’t notice until too late.
Derek Herrera: Wounded Warrior Pushing the Cutting Edge Forward
Listen to my conversation with Derek Herrera who suffered a spinal cord injury in combat in 2012. Since then, Derek has become an expert in spinal cord injury recovery and the technologies aiding that recovery. Derek is the founder of Spinal Singularity, a company aimed at providing solutions to widespread issues faced by the spinal cord injury community. Currently, his company is working on a fully implantable multi-use catheter that has the potential to revolutionize bladder management.We spoke about how Derek has seen the changes in funding for SCI research, the different technologies he thinks are most promising going forward, as well as his advice for newly injured people.Check out his website at www.spinalsingularity.comConnected Catheter – Trial Sign Up Site - http://connectedcatheter.com/Clinical Trials .Gov - https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04059159
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