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It’s Not What You Got, It’s How You Use It.
By Treadmarkz For those of us with disabilities, it is easy to get down on ourselves for what we don’t have. Abilities, skills, functions. Whatever. If you have recently experienced this feeling of...
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Paralyzed Footballer Standing Tall Once Again!
Just a quick link to share about a formerly paralyzed football player who is back on his feet and well on his way back to life as he once knew it....
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“King-of-the-World” Yoga.
by Treadmarkz, I have recently discovered that one of the best things a guy in a wheelchair can do to keep his abs strong is (outdated a reference as this may be) what I like to call the King of the...
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Getting So Much Better All The Time…
by Treadmarkz Well winter is almost over and I managed to avoid getting too out of shape. I think the best thing I did for myself was basically storing up for the winter by doing laps around my block...
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Sometimes You Need Not Look Beyond Your (Extended) Family
by Treadmarkz In a recent post I made reference to “support groups” amongst people with any given disability, and how I hardly ever met anyone with my disability, spina bifida. Interestingly, I have...
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Enough Outta Me, Let’s Have Some Discussion: No Child Left Behind
by Treadmarkz Since I am starting to re-develop a following here at “Leaving Treadmarkz Across the Universe” I’d like to pose a question to kind of get to know the readers a little better. So, leave me...
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Victory!
by Treadmarkz Good news! After a couple of years of asking, borderline complaining, and explaining to my landlords why it would really be helpful to me and beneficial to them to put in a ramp in the...
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I Want Shoes That Fit Me, But Don’t Have Spider-Man On Them
by Treadmarkz Because of my disability, at a certain age my legs and feet stopped growing. I am an adult with very small feet. I also work in a professional environment, and so I try to keep myself...
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I Think I Found My Boundaries In Messing With Walkies
by Treadmarkz I feel like rolling around town wearing a sweater that says “Texting and Driving Put Me In this Chair” But I won’t. Because I haven’t found a shirt like that yet. Nah, just kidding. The...
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Couple of Links To Peruse
by Treadmarkz Just stopping in to drop a couple of links to my other blog. Normally I would keep the two blogs separate because of the wide gulf in subject matter. But these two posts, while related to...
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Why I Am Offended By Leap Year (A Satire)
by Treadmarkz Every four years the Earth has an extra day inserted into the calendar so that it has time to catch up and make it around the sun before December 31. I don’t know about you, but that...
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How Pain is Like a Bad Axle
by Treadmarkz In my studies of the Sanskrit language I have found several words that, when translated into English, are made up of some literal profundities. One example struck me as particularly...
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…Considering Their Age
by Treadmarkz I like to raise questions on this blog, so I am going to raise one now. Suppose you have a conversation with an older person. At the end of the conversation you find out that person is...
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Wheelchair Innovation From the Perspective of a Walkie
by Treadmarkz For my 200th post on this blog I want to tell you about my brother. I talked about him long ago on this blog, how when we were kids he, though not disabled himself, taught me how to pop...
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Wow! Joan Rivers Actually Knows A Bit About Spina Bifida! Hmm…
by Treadmarkz Joan Rivers was the first female to (guest) host the Tonight Show. She has been very influential in comedy for the last couple of generations. I give her a lot of credit for that. She...
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My Local Subway Restaurant Seems to Have Gone Out of Their Way To Be The...
by Treadmarkz I went to lunch today with my mom, at Subway. I noticed a funny thing there. Every table in the joint was fairly accessible to me and my wheelchair except the one that was marked with a...
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Why Aren’t There More Wanna-Be Paraplegics?
by Treadmarkz A couple of my most popular pieces on this blog are one about a psychological anomaly which causes one to want to be an amputee, and another piece with tips for guys in wheelchairs to...
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The Ramp At My Apartment’s Office Building is Being Put In Today
by Treadmarkz I’ve written on this subject before and posted my own version of “Mission Accomplished” by writing about my victory, blah blah blah. So I am just posting to say that my building’s...
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Nope, I Am Not a Veteran
by Treadmarkz Anybody else who is in a wheelchair have this experience? You’re rolling down the sidewalk not doing anything exceptional and someone sticks their hand out their car window and gives you...
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The Elephant In The Office Is Out of the Bag, Or Whatever.
by Treadmarkz I just started a new job this week. Today was my fifth day of service at the company. Six if you include the interview. Today was the first time there was a single word spoken in...
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