Life in a Chair
Life ina Chair
F***, I'm in a chair. Now what?“Life goes on, pal. Life goes on.”
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Soccer Saturdays
Soccer around Roselle, hotdogs and soda after games, and growing up with trails, parks and a community pool.
The Ramp That Ends in the Pool
Vegas pool ramps that are too steep, too big or in the wrong spot, and the lawyer he thought about calling but never did.
Locked Out in a Vegas Alley
Heavy doors mean waiting for somebody to come along. One night on Fremont Street, the door shut behind him and nobody came.
ATMs, Bank Tubes and the Quarter-Inch Parking Ticket
Machines that are too high, too low or too far, eat your card for being slow, and hang on to your cash. Plus the parking ticket you can't grab and the bank tube you can't open.
Bank of America Fails Wheelchair Users (in My Book)
Heavy doors, a years-long fight for one button, a brand-new storefront without it, and a closed account.
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Season 1
All episodes · from EP 01
EP 01Fight for the Elevator
One thing to fight for on a power chair from day one? The seat elevator. Insurance writes it for the kitchen. Life uses it for the bar.
EP 02Don't Push My Chair (Unless It's Casino Carpet)
Grabbing a stranger's chair? Whoa, dude. The one exception: Vegas casino carpet, where the grain is out to get you and a power chair can pull a whole train.
EP 03Quad or Tetra? “I Didn't Break My Neck on a Quad”
Quadriplegic or tetraplegic? Same meaning, different languages. Our guest picks a side, and it has a nice ring to it.
EP 04Every Chair I've Rolled In (Go Titanium)
Action, Quickies, a Colours, and eventually a power chair. Our guest ranks the chairs and tells first-timers what to pick.
EP 05Mad Max Bumper Cars (Quad Rugby)
Quad rugby (also called wheelchair rugby) is loud smashes, flipped chairs, and broken hands. Plus the time our guest crashed the camera on Inked to get on TV.
EP 06What Happened to You?
Strangers wait until you roll off, then ask your friend what happened to you. Our guest's advice: skip the middleman and just ask.
EP 07The Accessible Bathroom I Couldn't Get Into
A hotel built an accessible bathroom, then hung a door too narrow to roll through. Our guest's fix: a 36-inch door, and a person in a chair signing off on the plans.
EP 08Getting to the Water on St. Pete Beach (Almost)
Beach wheelchairs, ramps that stop in the sand, and the one spot that gets you almost to the water's edge. Our guest's guide to the beach from a chair.
EP 09Top Shelf, Glass Jars, and Ask the Kid
The thing you need is on the top shelf. Our guest's move: wait, grab a customer, find an employee, ask the kid for the low shelf, and put the glass on the bottom.
EP 10Carried Down the Brand-New Pier
Day two of the brand-new St. Petersburg Pier, a cocktail at the top, then a big loud pop. Our guest's ride down the stairs, and a shout-out to the crew who carried him.
EP 11Dropped It, Then Rolled Over It
Phone on the floor? Grab a coat hanger, and put a lanyard or a hook on it. The worst part is dropping it and then rolling right over it with skinny tires.
EP 12Slide Board or Ramp Van
Getting into a car that isn't set up for a chair takes a slide board and somebody strong. That's why our guest has always driven ramp vans, never a lift.
EP 13Dead Chair at the Curb
A 300-pound power chair dies at the curb on the way home, in the Florida sun. Our guest's rule: always, always have your phone with you.
EP 14Pedestal Tables, Cheese Logs, and Walking Out
Booths and pedestal tables you can't pull up to. Our guest still goes to Cody's for the steak and the cheese logs, but he walked out of Cracker Barrel before ordering.
EP 15Ramp Van in the Rain
Our guest cut the end off his manual van ramp so he could lift it himself. Now it's steep, and alone in the rain with skinny tires, sometimes you ain't getting up.
EP 16Sinking in the Backyard
A power chair in backyard dirt: every little move digs you deeper. No phone on your lap and there's no wheelchair tow to call.
EP 17The Loaner Shuffle
A broken power chair, weeks of waiting on parts and insurance, and getting by on a loaner that never fits.
EP 18When Everybody Stands
Concerts, games and accessible seating: what you actually see from the chair when the whole crowd jumps up.
EP 19Gas at Wawa
Calling the number on the pump, waiting on whoever they send out, and a 50-cent-a-gallon win.
EP 20The Ramp Van and the Truck Lights
Hand controls, skipping the lockdown, driving "lazily," and the new trucks with blinding headlights.
EP 21Halloween at the Bottom of the Porch Steps
Halloween special. Trick-or-treating in a power chair, when every good house has five steps and somebody else has to ring the bell.
EP 22Make Them Reach at the Drive-Thru
Pulling in tight, one thing at a time, skipping the straw, and the workers who think the hand controls are the coolest thing they've seen.
- EP 23
Bank of America Fails Wheelchair Users (in My Book)
Heavy doors, a years-long fight for one button, a brand-new storefront without it, and a closed account.
- EP 24
ATMs, Bank Tubes and the Quarter-Inch Parking Ticket
Machines that are too high, too low or too far, eat your card for being slow, and hang on to your cash. Plus the parking ticket you can't grab and the bank tube you can't open.
- EP 25
Locked Out in a Vegas Alley
Heavy doors mean waiting for somebody to come along. One night on Fremont Street, the door shut behind him and nobody came.
- EP 26
The Ramp That Ends in the Pool
Vegas pool ramps that are too steep, too big or in the wrong spot, and the lawyer he thought about calling but never did.
EP 27Somebody Ran Over My Ramp
A hospital parking lot, a driver who turned around right over his van ramp and drove off, and a repair that never came out right.
EP 28Parked in My Lines
Why he leaves the van ramp down in the rain, and the risky shuffle it takes when somebody parks in the striped aisle anyway.
EP 29Wait, Yell, or Tow
When someone parks in his striped aisle and nobody's with him, he's got three options, and the drivers don't like the last one.
- EP 30
An Accessible Fitting Room Behind a Wall of Racks
Rolling racks blocked the accessible fitting room. The Guest wanted corporate to address the system, not blame an excellent associate.
- EP 31
The Van That Wasn't Meant to Be
An old ramp minivan in Lakeland, three cash offers, and a final rejection in 42 seconds.
- EP 32
No, Not Again
A classroom question, a quick answer, and a trip to the principal’s office.
- EP 33
Soccer Saturdays
Soccer around Roselle, hotdogs and soda after games, and growing up with trails, parks and a community pool.
- EP 34Locked
Voting With My Son / Welcome to America
Grok asks one question a day. The guest answers. The guest is a C6 tetraplegic entrepreneur who has been in a chair since 1991, over 30 years. Blunt, funny when it's funny, no pity.
Coming soonAsk the Guest
Always wanted to ask a guy in a chair something but didn't? Soon you'll be able to send him your question. The best ones become episodes.
Local guide · coming soonTampa Bay from the chair
Beach access, ramps that actually go somewhere, bathrooms you can actually get into. Tested from a power chair.
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