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		<title>Sometimes it is 23 Instead of 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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This fall ushered in tremendous changes for me as a father. With my daughter now reaching 13, she&#8217;s unmistakably growing up. In our school district, junior high and high school are consolidated into one, so I literally went from waiting for the elementary school bus each morning with my daughter last year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=1337417&post=321&subd=wheelchairjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living in the Great State, Detroit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Which of the two cities would you rather live in? One with a 28% unemployment rate, three times worse than the national average, or a city with a flourishing job market in health care, education, and technology? Would you rather live in a city with among the highest violent-crime rates in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=1337417&post=317&subd=wheelchairjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check His Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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So, my colleague, Jeff, and I are making our way through Detroit&#8217;s Metropolitan airport&#8217;s passenger security checkpoint. Jeff is a good guy to travel with because he’s ultra-responsible – great company to have on business trips when you&#8217;re visiting providers and giving a talk at an event like we just finished. 
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		<title>Cerebral Palsy as Steroids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark E. Smith</dc:creator>
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The shrubs and bushes in my front yard never cease amazing me, year after year. When I planted them eight years ago, in front of my newly-built home, they were tiny plants that merely dotted the landscape – the tallest one was a foot high at most. As the plants saw their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=1337417&post=310&subd=wheelchairjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The First 90 Days to Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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If you study the diet and fitness infomercials on late-night television, you&#8217;ll notice that most of the before-and-after photos – from flab to fab – show amazing results in “90 days.”
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		<title>Schooling Senator McCaskill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark E. Smith</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s always striking to me when people try to politicize wheelchairs and scooters – mobility aids, that is. After all, disability doesn&#8217;t discriminate – republican, democrat, or other, when you need a mobility aid, you simply need it. A mobility aid stems from a medical necessity, not a political preference – and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=1337417&post=295&subd=wheelchairjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Between 20 and 38</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark E. Smith</dc:creator>
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I recently received an email from an ex-girlfriend – after 18 years. She found me on the Internet, and expressed in her email that she was surprised by how well I have done in life. In fact, she went as far as noting that she was worried about the future for me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=1337417&post=292&subd=wheelchairjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discovered on the Bathroom Floor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark E. Smith</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ll never forget my embarrassment that day. I was in the sixth grade, and my school sent home another note. It may have been the third or fourth, but this one was more serious, involving the school counselor, not just a teacher&#8217;s note. Was I in trouble? 
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		<title>The Factor of G</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark E. Smith</dc:creator>
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Here&#8217;s a provocative question for you: How is it possible that one with a severe disability excels well beyond his or her peers, including those without disabilities?
For example, how does one explain a college student with severe cerebral palsy, who can&#8217;t speak or write on his or her own, graduating college, magna [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=1337417&post=274&subd=wheelchairjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living as a Wounded Healer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark E. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark E. Smith
Over a decade ago, members on the WheelchairJunkie.com message board wrote disparaging comments about one particular model of wheelchair, noting its shortcomings, and word quickly spread among mobility consumers. The head of the company that manufactured the wheelchair model was so upset by the comments that he emailed many in the industry, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=1337417&post=261&subd=wheelchairjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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