Gail, that's why I use sip and puff for my wheelchair and computer access. I have very little neck muscle movement. I had tried a chin control but it just hurt my neck and jaw.
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Gail Overton <ga...@pennwell.com> wrote: > Most of these movies are about paraplegics that can use their hands; not a > disability in my book………..how about more movies on true quads that can’t do > anything but lay in bed and have other people drive them around in their > wheelchairs (unless you have a ton of money for assistive aids that are a > pain in the ___!) like head drives that hurt your neck muscles……… > > > > *From:* Robert Vogel [mailto:rhvsh...@me.com] > *Sent:* Monday, March 13, 2017 1:20 PM > *To:* Jim Lubin > *Cc:* RONALD L PRACHT; Quad-list Post > *Subject:* Re: [QUAD-L] Great Quad movie "Waterdance" > > > > Jim and Jeffery, well said! I also agree. Ironically the tagline for the > movie was “Live Boldly”—are you kidding me? > > > > Speaking of great Quad Movies, there is an amazing Must Read quad book > that is a true story called: "Lucky Break: A Love Story” The true story > of Kirk Kilgour, an Olympic Level Volleyball player, who became a C4 > complete quad, no movement below his shoulder in his mid-20’s he was hired > to coach the Italian Volleyball team—a huge sport in Italy—and played > professionally. > > > > He was such an amazing person that—true story—after I finished a speech > for the National Spinal Cord Injury Association he came > > up to me to chat, and at the same time a very attractive woman came up to > talk with me as well. She offered to get us drinks and in > > typical male fashion I thought “man if I can ditch the quad I might have a > chance with this woman”. As we got to talking I found his stories so > amazing that by the time she got back with our drinks my thought had > changed to, “ditch the woman, I want to hear more about this guy’s life” > we became close friends. > > > > The book is about his life and is written by a woman that fell in love > with him when he was in his early 40’s. She was beautiful, athletic, lived > in Aspen and spent her days skiing, hiking, biking and met him by > chance—she wanted to get good seats to watch > > events at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and he needed an attendant—it turns > out a friend of a friend introduced them via phone, she > > flew out to LA to do a week-long-trial run to see if it would work. It > didn’t, she said she couldn’t be his attendant because she had fallen in > love with him—the feeling was mutual. The book describes their life, the > highs and lows, world wide travel, Kirk meeting the > > Pope and the Pope asking Kirk for his autograph—true story. > > > > I’m hoping somebody grabs hold of the book and turns it into a move, it > would be fantastic! > > > > The book is available at Amazon. Here is a review I wrote about it: > https://permobilus.com/lucky-break-a-love-story/ > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpermobilus.com%2Flucky-break-a-love-story%2F&data=02%7C01%7CGailO%40Pennwell.com%7Ceeaf31a01e434929217608d46a4e482b%7C5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7C0%7C0%7C636250331832327486&sdata=ZoMlqwNrfYsHIUapODNeNlWg1TfQ5tjUshv4xm14W%2Fs%3D&reserved=0> > > > > Bob Vogel > > > > On Mar 13, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Jim Lubin <jlu...@eskimo.com> wrote: > > > > I made a list on IMDB Movie's featuring Quadriplegics > > http://www.imdb.com/list/ls051082586/ > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Flist%2Fls051082586%2F&data=02%7C01%7CGailO%40Pennwell.com%7Ceeaf31a01e434929217608d46a4e482b%7C5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7C0%7C0%7C636250331832327486&sdata=IGnzqvb%2FFaiWA17wRVkqridwsUY5stdpgQv3IwKx0yo%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:32 AM, RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > I watch a lot of tv but never came across this movie until I was on > youtube last night. Its about three guys that get paralyzed and their > stuggles to deal with it. Has Helen Hunt, Wesley snipes and others in the > 1992 flick Waterdance. Pretty realistic for a movie. > > > > 1992 The Waterdance > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhxpfNpjI1tw%26t%3D5124s&data=02%7C01%7CGailO%40Pennwell.com%7Ceeaf31a01e434929217608d46a4e482b%7C5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7C0%7C0%7C636250331832327486&sdata=tfyckDN3bM331uKC6GGfnYUwXma0fx5U8KDVAGpv8I4%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > 1992 The Waterdance > > The Waterdance 1992 Movie > > > > > > >
