What do family, friends, and strangers do to you when you are using your chair that annoys you? The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation wants to know and are taking votes now on the following actions...for example:
*Patting me on my head. Don't. (I do my hair every morning.)*Speaking slowly to me because I'm in a wheelchair.
*Being asked, "So if I shot you in the leg, you wouldn't feel it?"
*Not inviting me to an event because you are protecting me from some frustration. (Let me figure it out.)
*Able-bodied people parking in handicapped spaces. (So what if you have the tag!)
*Holding onto the back of my chair so I can't move.
*Talking over my head as if I'm not here.
*Accessible bathroom stalls being used by an able- bodied person.
*Congratulating me for things like going to the grocery store like it's worthy of an Olympic medal.
*Strangers asking what happened to me.
*Continuing to insist on helping me after I've said no thanks.
*Being asked if you want a shopping cart for your grocery bags. (How can I wheel my chair and push a shopping cart?)

Milwaukee columnist James Causey doesn't need a wheelchair, but took to the streets to find out what it was like...After spending three days in a wheelchair, I was ready to quit, says Causey. Not only did I battle cracked and buckled pavement, I also had to deal with the bad attitudes of pedestrians and a cold, pelting rain. But I didn't give up because of people like Tiffany Payne. Payne, who has been using a power wheelchair for 18 years, teased me: "Imagine trying to get around town in the winter," she said. So I decided to try using a wheelchair for a few days to get a sample of what their lives are like. It wasn't long before I saw that people who use wheelchairs are forced to deal with a lot of crap - and that it doesn't have to be that way. During my experiment, I was ignored by store staff while shopping and bumped into by inattentive walkers without so much as a cursory apology. Some people even gave me irritated looks as if I was the one at fault.

This San Diego-based specialist in male fertility, gives hope to couples who have been unable to conceive because of the limitations that paralysis may cause to potential fathers. He tells of a male spinal cord injured patient, in his early 30s with a wife who was 27, this male suffered an injury, like many young males do, a traumatic injury that left him paralyzed from the mid-waist down. He has some feeling in his testicles, but really nothing else. He was not able to ejaculate, but he and his wonderful young wife wanted to start a family together. We ultimately decided to go directly to his testicle and remove a small portion of tissue to try to extract sperm from it. This is known as testicular sperm extraction. To many people it sounds impossible, but it's something we do on a daily basis. This couple was successful in their invitro-fertilization effort and had a beautiful baby. Now they want a second one! Read more for information on the hormone that helped them get the job done!

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