Adaptdefy Hacks

Tips, tricks and life hacks to help you adapt, defy and thrive, especially if you're a wheelchair user.

How to overcome feeling like a burden as a wheelchair user.

How to overcome feeling like a burden as a wheelchair user.

Ever felt like you were a burden? Ever wished you just blended in? Wished things we just easier?Yesterday was one of the hottest days on record here in Christchurch, New Zealand.My friends were hea...

Profile of a fit person in a wheelchair, gazing left with a serene look. Holds a clock, symbolizing intermittent fasting. Background evokes calm

Unleashing the power of intermittent fasting - 7 benefits for wheelchair users.

In my quest for optimal health to offset the disadvantages of being a paraplegic and wheelchair user I came across intermittent fasting (IF) as a way to manage my weight, improve my overall energy ...

Cold plunging for spinal cord injury recovery and resilience.

Cold plunging for spinal cord injury recovery and resilience.

Why Cold Plunge? Wheelchair users are used to discomfort, so why invite more into our lives?The answer lies in the power of voluntary hardship to fortify our mental and emotional resilience, prepar...

Samanta Bullock wearing a beautiful pink dress while wheeling her wheelchair on a fashion catwalk

Samanta Bullock - wheelchair fashion model.

Samanta is a wheelchair tennis champion, an inclusive fashion model, sought after speaker, and a health and wellbeing expert who is changing the way the world views inclusivity and wheelchair fashion.

Ben Clark in his wheelchair holding a broom handle to demonstrate and adaptive fitness exercise.

Ben Clark - adaptive fitness expert.

Ben Clark, dove into the sea “Baywatch style” and discovered it was shallower than he expected. The impact broke his neck, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. Drawing on 10 years of experie...

Ira Edwards, wearing bright orange overalls, holidng prawns while sitting and leanign back on a boat with Alaskan mountains and sea in the background and grinning wildly.

Ira Edwards - wheelchair hunting and fishing wild man.

Alaskan born Ira Edwards has found creative ways to harvest the bounty from the land and sea despite having paraplegia and using a manual wheelchair. He’s also an adaptive skier, and created a bus...

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