As you may already know, the iBot, this life-changing mobility device, is no longer being manufactured. Why? It’s because of a complex set of circumstances generally having to do with too much government red tape and a pervasive attitude that disabled people do not deserve to live highly engaged lives – getting us from bedroom …
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams I’ve reached (achieved?) several major milestones in my disease progression, such as: diagnosis informing my loved ones starting and stopping various treatments using a mobility aid (cane) …
When I started down this path 11 years ago, I knew nothing about MS. I didn’t know anyone who had it. I didn’t know how it could affect a person. Now, unfortunately, I’m a bit of an expert. MS manifests itself differently in each person, but for me it has been a left-to-right and a …
Kim and I recently took a hike in the woods. “But Mitch, aren’t you in a wheelchair?” Yes. Yes I am. Please visit the Crotched Mountain Foundation to learn more about their accessible hiking trails. Please visit www.savetheiBot.org for more information about how to help save this life-changing wheelchair. Click here (and then scroll down) …
Although my house is set up for optimum comfort and accessibility, I am occasionally (ok, often) compelled to leave the nest and venture out into the real world. Sunday was one such day. We’ve established an annual tradition of attending a New England Patriots football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Each of the …
I posted here and here about our recent move to a more walkable neighborhood. I plan to make a series of slideshows and/or videos where I share different excursions that I take in my new neighborhood, using my iBot wheelchair. Here is the first such slideshow, my excursion to Bug Light Park (not Bud Light). …
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I’ve owned more than my share of man-toys over the years. The minimalists among us might argue that this is nothing to be proud of. But I’d like to think that I owned my toys for only the best of reasons- to help me live my life to its fullest. I never felt like I …
The 10 best things about my recent vacation: A Thousand Pretty Girls Saturday night in Las Vegas is when all the beautiful people dress up and go out, and many of them strutted their stuff at the coolest new Hotel/Casino on the strip- The Cosmopolitan. Never in my entire life have I seen so many …
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Image via Wikipedia Per the title of this series, there are some rewards associated with disabled travel. Is it time to discuss those? No, not yet. Maybe next post. Here are two more cases from my “trials and tribulations” folder. The first night we arrived in Las Vegas, my friend Dave took Kim and me …
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Image via Wikipedia re·source·ful·ness – ability to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc. Disabled travel is all about resourcefulness. When I’m at home we deal skillfully and promptly with new situations and difficulties on a daily basis. But home is a relatively static and predictable environment. On the road, you better eat …
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