Category: Humor

Over the years I’ve found that electric wheelchairs can build a large amount of static electricity.  Quite often this charge would be dispelled when my chair would come into contact with the metal of elevator doors, metal doorways or other such metal structures.  This proved particularly interesting during my time in college. While attending college at…

So, my chair had been out of commission for a month  after getting caught in a rainstorm (see the story).  I got it back after 1 long month of waiting for Medicaid to approve the paperwork.  A week later, I went up to spend the Labor Day weekend with my parents and sister.  We decided…

Having been using an electric wheelchair since 6th grade, I sometimes forget about the fatigue factor of walking places.  One such incident occurred while perusing the Mall of America with some friends.  I would zip around, store to store, non-stop for all 4  floors of the mall.  After about an hour of walking my ,…

I’ve always enjoyed playing video games.  My favorite genre are RPGS, and quite notably the Breath of Fire series, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy. When my brothers and I were young, our aunt would look after us.  With my brother Jake and I both having SMA our aunt would look after and help us before school,…

I’ve had four power wheelchairs over the course of my years of using power wheelchairs: The original (95-98 – donated to another kid), The Tank (98-ongoing – now my backup), The Sportscar (2007-2012 RIP), and the Cadillac (2013-ongoing). I started using my first power wheelchair in 1995.  I was in 5th grade and my parents and…

A friend shared this inspiring story with me today, Teacher donates toys for a cause, of a 50 year old Oregon teacher, Nat Ellis, who donated his collection of toys to help provide a 4 year old boy with type 2 SMA, Logan, secure a new outdoor wheelchair.  It’s great to hear inspiring stories such as this…

Summer is at our door step, yet it’s still relatively chilly each morning here in Wisconsin.  Yesterday morning it was 46 degrees as I drove my wheelchair up to the Capital square on my way to work.  It’s been a busy, hectic, couple of weeks, with a project deadline looming at work, my Case Manager…

I had another stay in the hospital this past week.  It’s become an annual routine that I don’t get colds, nor the flu.  Nope.  I just wind up in the hospital once a year with a high fever, chills, and potential pneumonia.  I’ve started calling these stays my annual “Spa visit”.  I get room service…

In July of 2007 I traveled to London for a week with a group of fellow students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens  Point, to visit the City University of London for a web project we had created for them .  We spent an entire week in London sightseeing, and enjoying our time abroad.  We walked…