(Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3842hYpZaQ
(Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7pomWlMgT8
Duration : 0:10:0
Disabled Man Finds Purpose (Part 1)
Posted by admin | Under disabled sports Wednesday Feb 11, 2009My wheelchair and some roads / Sobre mis ruedas.
Posted by admin | Under wheelchairs Wednesday Jan 7, 2009
¿Adoquines ? NO, gracias.Dancing in wheelchairs - HQ video
Posted by admin | Under wheelchairs Friday Dec 19, 2008
Fourteen disabled contestants grooved to the jive, the rumba and the cha-cha-cha, with professional dancers as partners, for prize money of 5,000 pesos ($100) and a chance to compete abroad.
The Tahanan Walang Hagdanan, or “House With No Steps,” an organization that shelters and provides employment opportunities for the disabled, provides wheelchair ballroom dancing as a form of therapy and exercise for its residents.
Finalists in the first dancing contest staged by the group included amputees and paraplegics, who used their arms and upper bodies to execute dance moves. Some could only move one hand.
“I hope people don’t judge us based on physical appearance. With the help of dancing, we can show our real emotions and share it with others,” Juanito Mingarine, a national wheelchair basketball champion who has won pentathlon gold at the Southeast Asian Paralympics, told Reuters.
Mingarine, a polio survivor who has competed in 45 countries, believes his skills with the wheelchair could be useful on the dance floor too.
His wife, Elkie, a paralympic games gold medalist whose leg was amputated due to bone cancer, is also a wheelchair dancer, and along with her husband, won the top male and female prizes at the dancing competition.
“Perhaps God had planned for my leg to be amputated because I had always dreamt of becoming a Philippine athlete. And maybe God wanted me to meet my husband,” Elkie Mingarine said.
While sports such as racing, swimming and basketball are familiar to the home’s residents, ballroom dancing was a different story. Tahanan Walang Hagdanan brought in professional dancers every week for a month to train the residents.
Instructors said facial expression, head rotations, arm movements, and of course the wheelchair, compensated for the lack of leg movement and the dance competition finalists were judged on timing, eye contact and coordination.
“Their bodies cannot function completely, as they’ve lost the sensation in their legs. But they can turn quickly. They can move their hands and heads quickly. They double their effort, and I really appreciate it,” said professional dancer and instructor Victoria Huyatid.
Twenty-four-year old Julius Obero, also a polio survivor, said wheelchair jiving has given him self-confidence as well as recognition among his peers and family.
“Through this I can avoid thinking about my disability, that I’m like this, weak. And now I interact more with my fellow disabled, whereas before, I couldn’t accept that I was this way,” Obero said.
There are nearly one million persons with disabilities in the Philippines, around 135,000 of whom have lost either or both limbs or are paraplegic.
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Bailar en silla de ruedas
Terapia y espíritu competitivo se aúnan en un concurso de baile para discapacitados que se organiza en Manila
En la capita de Filipinas, Manila, se celebra cada año un concurso de baila para personas en sillas de ruedas. Tras duros entrenamientos y largas sesiones en el gimnasio, cientos de discapacitados filipinos compiten en este certamen cuyo premio son unos 90 euros y la posibilidad de bailar en otros países. Pero son muchos más los que se reúnen en torno a los que bailan para animarse y contagiarse de ese afán de superación, ilusión y espíritu competitivo que desprenden los que compiten.
Duration : 0:1:18
Athletic Champions in Wheelchairs (Part 1)
Posted by admin | Under wheelchairs Wednesday Dec 17, 2008
(Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pn3Iz12MpQ
(Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaYtBbK33Uw
(Part 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZGfrctpjV0
Duration : 0:10:0
One-Off Titanium Handcycle: Disabled Mountain Biking
Posted by admin | Under disabled sports Wednesday Dec 17, 2008
A video shot by the Canadian Paraplegic ociation last spring around Canmore when I’d just got the One-Off. A little too much of me talking but some good footage of the bike in action.
www.theandycampbell.com
Duration : 0:6:6
Colours Wheelchairs- The X Games with Ricky James
Posted by admin | Under wheelchairs Thursday Dec 11, 2008
Colours Wheelchair team rider Ricky James getting ready for X Games 2008…Video courtesy of Transworld MX
Duration : 0:2:49
KCJonesRiseAdventuresPart2u.mov
Posted by admin | Under wheelchairs Thursday Dec 4, 2008
Build relationships while hand-cycling with people even those with disabilities. Specialized bicycles and tricycles aid Wounded Warrior Program, MS 150 ride and other needs through Rise Adventures nonprofit and activism efforts result in FREE events. www.riseadventures.org
Look for the introduction to this interview.
“KCJonesRiseAdventuresIntro.mov”
Please give me your feedback, ratings or any other comments. How do you think I can better inform, educate, and positively transform lives with a TV show?
Sincerest Thanks , KC Jones
www.RUkeepingUP.com
Duration : 0:6:44
Paralysis Wheelchair Transfer to Vehicle
Posted by admin | Under wheelchair Wednesday Dec 3, 2008
Spinal Cord Injury for Dummies: It’s what they should have taught you in rehab; how to transfer in and out of a car, onto the floor and back into your chair. Python eats a mouse, Jesus is a psilocybin mushroom and I’m not a hippie.
Duration : 0:8:54
Wheelchair Travel Tips -Boarding a Plane & Renting a Car
Posted by admin | Under wheelchair Thursday Nov 27, 2008
Great travel tips from Mark, a paraplegic and experienced wheelchair user, on everything from checking your wheelchair, getting an aisle chair, to getting your car rental and hand controls. http://www.easystand.com
Duration : 0:6:40
Wheelchair to Trike
Posted by admin | Under wheelchair Sunday Nov 2, 2008
disabled rider in japan.
このトライクは、JDRA管理人、東谷のトライクです。
ちなみに、東谷は、脊髄損傷（胸椎4,5番）。
Duration : 0:3:35
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