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Working in an ice cream store has obvious benefits. For Rick Linhardt, however, they stretch further than free ice cream.
Linhardt, manager of Buck's Ice Cream Place at MU since 1993, said the job has given him invaluable experiences.
How do I... Help an international student adjust to life in the United States?
MU's International Student and Scholar Services runs the American League of International Friendship Encounters program, which pairs community members with international students who are new to Columbia and the United States.
After filling out an application and attending a 45-minute orientation session, participants are paired with an international student.
As costume director and designer for MU's theater department, Kerri Packard, 37, would have liked her two children to have the greatest possible Halloween costumes.
"I'd like to say I always make my kids' Halloween costumes, but I don't," Packard said. "My poor son always picks something I can easily buy."
Now You Know
A 7-year-old rule is causing confusion among some MU professors.
In December 1997, the MU faculty adopted a mandatory plus/minus grading scale, but the change was not recorded in the Faculty Handbook, according to Bill Lamberson, chairman of the MU Faculty Council Academic Affairs Committee.
Balancing Act
The halls of MU's two engineering buildings are filled with men. Males constitute close to 90 percent of both students and faculty in the College of Engineering. In a discipline historically dominated by men, however, there is a growing presence of female students.
Ashley Stieferman, a senior industrial engineering major and president of the Society of Women Engineers, said she is not intimidated by the predominance of men in the school.
Taking the next step
Ann Brill has been called many things in her life. She was called a Tiger for the eight years she spent teaching at the Missouri School of Journalism. She has been called a Jayhawk for the past four years since she joined the faculty at the University of Kansas' journalism school.
Now, just call her dean.
Lathrop escort policy goes to night shift
MU's Lathrop Hall has changed its escort policy from an around-the-clock watch to a night shift.
Until Oct. 23, the all-female dormitory had a 24-hour escort policy — meaning that anyone who is not a resident of the hall could not leave the lobby area without a female escort.
Michelle Werner
For Michelle Werner, everything leading up to her time at Columbia College was a privilege. Starting in 1992, at age 20, Werner served for eight years in the Army as a ground and flight medic. During her years of service, she worked with civilian rescuers, helping in traffic accidents, search and rescue missions and field operations.
"I am an adrenaline junkie," she says.
Scholarship news
The MU Honors College received a $300,000 gift as part of the "For All We Call Mizzou" fund-raising campaign.
The gift, a scholarship endowment made by James and Catherine Brazeal of Leawood, Kan., is meant to help the university attract and retain minority students, enhance access to education and support undergraduate research and international study, according to a release from the MU News Bureau.
Designed for the ages
MU's new athletic facility, the Mizzou Arena, has been in the spotlight since the day it was dreamed up. But what about MU's earliest sports facilities — those that paved the way for Paige? Two of these original buildings are undergoing extreme makeovers to keep up with changing times and the needs of students.
A family affair
Before many college students hit the snooze button on their alarm clocks, Marla Applebaum Wilcox has parked her car in the Hitt Street garage and headed into Jesse Hall.
At 7:45 a.m., she makes her way to the ice machine for her traditional morning tea. With a cup in hand, she continues her routine, walking one floor down from her office in 128 Jesse Hall to chat with a favorite fellow employee, her husband, Dale Wilcox.
MU FIGs compete for film honors
Students gathered in MU's Middlebush Auditorium on Wednesday evening, anxiously and eagerly awaiting the announcement of winners in the first Journalism FIG Challenge Awards.
The event was meant to showcase skills learned by the journalism and communications freshman interest groups, known as FIGs, in photo, audio and video editing. Students used Apple iBook and PowerBook computers to produce two- to three-minute videos to learn the capabilities of their programs. They formed their own groups of no more than four people to create their vision.
Reclining in his office with his feet up on a chair, David Roebuck is where he wants to be.
"I will never leave," Roebuck said. "At Columbia College, it is all about teaching and learning. How can it be any better than that when you love doing both?"
Historic Senior Hall
Historic Senior Hall, the oldest building on the Stephens College campus, has served many purposes throughout the years.
It was a home, a library, a hospital ward and a residence hall. What makes it famous, however, is its alleged ghost.
Putting on a new face
It was once a place where high school proms and dances were held. Built in 1938, Lela Raney Wood Hall was named for the wife of James Madison Wood, the president of Stephens College at the time. It also used to serve as a residence hall.
By 1995, the hall was in such a state of detoration that it was forced to close even as students protested.
Faces: Joe Johnston
Joe Johnston is a man divided. As half professor of counseling, half director of MU's Career Center in the Student Success Center, his "lifetime commitment to making students into service providers" seems to take up much of his time.
The Student Success Center, on Lowry Mall, is dedicated to helping students create and accomplish personal and academic goals. But when given time to himself, the 68-year-old father of four likes to return to more peaceful surroundings — the small, 2½ -acre plot south of town that is his home.
Campus Updates
Two MU faculty members were honored with the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Faculty Research and Creative Activity at the annual Faculty Recognition Awards this month.
Laura King, a professor of psychological sciences, received the behavioral and social sciences award. Her research focuses on the stories people tell about their life experiences; she is working on a project examining how students negotiate identity changes from high school to college.
Thinking smart
Two MU students casually discuss the relative merits of empiricism and rationalism — not in class or a nook of Ellis Library but over a buffet dinner of chicken skewers, egg rolls and meatballs spread across their professor's dining room table.
In the living room is their host and teacher, Stuart Palonsky, speaking to one of his 15 student guests, comparing raking his wooded yard to the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who is sentenced to push a boulder up a steep hill, only to have it roll back down again for eternity.
McCubbin excited for new job as alumni director
The third week of October was a big one for Todd McCubbin, filled with new opportunities as he became executive director of the MU Alumni Association and associate vice chancellor for alumni relations.
But there was more.
David Clithero, senior executive director of advancement for MU's Office of Gift Planning and Endowments, is one of the major players in the "For All We Call Mizzou" fund-raising campaign. Clithero's typical day includes drafting endowment agreements, alumni newsletters and thank-you notes.
"I enjoy working with donors," he said. "I help them realize their dreams and in doing so help students obtain an excellent, yet affordable, education."


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Darcie Folsom, director of sexual violence prevention and advocacy, center, with U.S. Senators Blumenthal, left, and McCaskill. Folsom was in Washington to participate in a roundtable discussion about preventing and responding to sexual assaults on college campuses.
Bringing to Washington a strong message about sexual respect, Connecticut College's Director of Sexual Violence Prevention and Advocacy Darcie Folsom recently participated in a U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs roundtable discussion, "Campus Sexual Assault: The Administrative Process and the Criminal Justice System."
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"You ought to be very proud of this college for what it has done and the frankness and courage it has shown in addressing this very sensitive and difficult issue," Blumenthal said at the time of his visit. Blumenthal also recently invited Folsom to Hartford to help promote recently introduced federal legislation to combat sexual assault on college campuses.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- As if carving scary faces into a pumpkin wasn't already difficult, SCUBA divers at the Tennessee Aquarium will be carving jack-o-lanterns underwater in one of the aquarium's freshwater tanks.
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On Thursday, March 15 the Keene Central Health Fair will take place from 6-8 p.m. Over 30 presenters will be attending the event, and medical screenings will be available. There is no admission charge. Keene Central School Health Officer Marie Woods said the event will offer attendees a chance to interact with health care professionals who may help improve their quality of life, as well as crerate awareness of services available in the area that they may not have known existed. She added families are welcome to attend together. No one puts on an event quite like this. Such a large gathering of health interests, open to the public for free is only seen at the KCS Health Fair, said Woods. Woods described the event as an exciting night, featuring samples of great food, free blood pressure screenings, hearing and body fat analysis screenings (plus more in depth screenings for a fee). Confirmed presentations include pet therapy, emergency preparation, healthy soils, tobacco education, organic farming, AIDS education, physical therapy, occupational therapy, Hudson Valley Regional Poison Center, chiropractic care, massage therapy, North Country Life Flight, healthy foods, St. Joe Rehabilitation Center, medical testing, Hamilton Funeral Home, Fidelis Care Network, Keene Valley Neighborhood House, mammography, rehabilitation, Keene Valley Fire Department, Keene Fitness, Planned Parenthood, Midwife/Womens Health, Reality Check, North Country Animal Shelter and Girl Scouts of the North Country. The fair has been happening every other year for the past eight years. Before the fair, the student council will host a lasagna dinner from 5-6 p.m. for a $5 fee. People are encouraged to bring a canned good to benefit the Keene Food Pantry. People will earn a ticket for the fantastic raffle for each food item, or can purchase tickets at $1 each. I hope people from outside Keene will feel welcome to come to the Health Fair, too, said Woods. Dont forget your canned good for a raffle ticket the prizes are always great.
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trying out the new golf cart for paraplegics and quadriplegics. my thanks to empower golf (http://www.empowergolf.com.au/)
trying out the new golf cart for paraplegics and quadriplegics. my thanks to empower golf (http://www.empowergolf.com.au/)
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The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 16,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
I was reminded this morning that it is the three-year anniversary of my accident. Truth be told, I hadn't been thinking at all about the anniversary, and even now it doesn't mean much. It's not something I want to celebrate (yah I survived), but neither is it any more depressing than any other day.
I'm not even sure I have any pearls of wisdom to share – lessons learned in three years. But for what it's worth, here is a random series of thoughts:
I'll probably think of more once I've hit the "post" button, but that's enough for a meaningless anniversary.
this blog post continues story began here.
The new spinal unit at Prince of Wales was housed in old army huts, having taken over premises that had previously been used as a military and repatriation hospital. It was 1961, John was 20 years old, and while a return to hospital might seem like a backward step, in fact this move was to mark the beginning of his journey toward adapting to life as a quadriplegic. Immediately upon admittance the injury was reassessed and a strategy for physical therapy implemented. In addition to a targeted exercise regime, John was given an upgraded chair and a better cushion (in those days they used checkerboard foam), and encouraged to sit up for long periods. Before long, he was able to spend the day in the chair and he was fortunate thereafter to have suffered a very few pressure sores.
Perhaps the most important part of his rehabilitation was the opportunity to learn from and befriend other spinal patients. There is no small comfort in living with others who share in and understand your challenges, especially those a little further ahead on the journey. And after many months in nursing home it was just good fun for John to be with people his own age. Outside physio, the spinal patients spend most of their time playing cards. John could manoeuvre a deck flat on the table, and bring the cards to the edge to review his hand. A special rivalry and friendship developed with patients from the nearby police ward, and it was this connection that enabled a uniquely lucrative fundraising effort.
Saturday's were race days. Randwick racecourse was only around the corner from the hospital although John never made his way to the course. Instead, the spinal crew would listen to the races on the radio and have a bet with the SP bookie that made his weekly way around the wards. Illegal bookmaking of this kind was common in Australia at the time, and the industry had a well-known connection with police corruption and race rigging. It wasn't long before recovering police suggested that the spinal ward take control of the hospital bookmaking. So, after the police ran the visiting bookmaker off the premises the boys of the spinal ward took control of the books, with the money that was raised funding entertainment and equipment. To ramp up the money raised, Peter Lloyd, the local car dealer, gave them access to his service bays. Tables were put out and set up for blackjack and other games. Word of mouth was sufficient to bring out the crowds for a Saturday night of illegal gambling. The police themselves would walk about, offer protection, and even play cards. In this instance, however, they took no cut for themselves, and the money raised went to fund updated beds, televisions, exercise equipment and money for taxis that enabled the wheelies to get out and about.
This was a period long before the electric wheelchair, so John pushed himself in a manual. This was doable on the flat although he needed help if there was any slope. Wardsmen would lift two or three spinal patients into the cab and fold up the chairs which were jammed into the boot. More often than not they visited the Pagewood hotel – another pub with an SP bookmaker! John believes that the hoteliers were happy to have the paras and quads around since the police tended to let things go when they were present.
On Saturday nights they would head into King's Cross. Looking at John now this seems incongruent with his character but he assures me the cross was a different place. Of course it had its underbelly, but the spinal boys went to the hotel to enjoy the live music bands. It was the era before planning laws required buildings to be equipped with disabled access, but there were plenty of offers of assistance. Without much effort a couple of young strong men carried John and his friends up the stairs, chair and all. The only real worry was the impact of alcohol on those doing the carrying later in the night, but somehow everything was negotiated safely.
Illicit Company
For most of these excursions, John had company. Indeed, while paraplegics are essentially independent, as a quadriplegic John required assistance. More often than not, the troop of spinal patients were accompanied by nurses that were disobeying strict instructions not to socialise with patients. One of these "naughty nurses" was Pam. Originally from Wagga Wagga, Pam was a country girl enjoying the city, and enjoying spending increasing amounts of time with the handsome John. This gave her some problems at work. She recalls repeated instances of being called into the head nurse to be told off for her jaunts with the patients, but apparently this just made her more determined.
For a little while, the outings were just social, but it wasn't long before Pam and John started to fall in love. There was, however, continued trouble with the matron, so to get around the issue, Pam transferred to the tuberculosis ward of the hospital. Thereafter, she merely had to sneak over the fence to visit John – and she did so almost every day, sneaking into the back of the hospital and often talking to after midnight. Pam remembers sitting up on John's lap for hours; sometimes not realising that she was sitting on his catheter, she would get up and head home soaking wet (but happy). Three years later they were married.
I asked Pam, how she mentally transitioned from nurse to girlfriend? How did she decide that she could cope with a marriage that would require substantial lifelong care? She responded:
"I didn't even think about it. We were in love, and it was as simple as that!" – A statement proved by their lifetime love.
During the period of their courtship, they sometimes travelled together from Randwick to Orange, riding with a friend in a black Buick. No one from home knew they were coming; his family had no telephone, and they would turn up at 2 AM in the morning, waking everyone, and turning the house upside down as a place was arranged for them to sleep. At other times, they travelled to Pam's family in Wagga Wagga, flying with a friend who was a pilot on a DC3 Fokker aeroplane. The trip normally went smoothly, but John recalls one instance when, while exiting the craft, the platform gave way and he fell 2 m, landing on top his pilot-friend. John was concussed, but otherwise unhurt, but his friend received a broken leg for his effort.
It wasn't too long before they decided to marry. Neither was especially religious, but Pam was Catholic, so they asked a local priest to conduct the ceremony. He refused, being of the view that Pam shouldn't marry a quad, taking the typically prejudiced view that the marriage could not be consummated. Of course, both John and Pam were not the sort of people to listen to that sort of nonsense, and they subsequently found a priest who would bless the union. They were married at Randwick Catholic Church 28 August 1965.
They started their marriage full of love but absolutely broke; no house or car and almost no assets. This was to be John's first time living as a quadriplegic outside of the hospital, but they had great difficulty finding accommodation. As soon as people discovered John was in a wheelchair, they refused the rental; such with the prejudices of the day. Eventually, they managed to rent a unit at Ashfield, smack bang on Parramatta Road. It was decrepit, dirty, and noisy, but they were just delighted to live together, and so transformed a dump into a home – of sorts.
Not too much time later, John and Pam approached a lawyer, and with his help were able to fight for compensation from the RTA; not a huge sum by any measure, but enough to give them a sufficient deposit that, with the help of the Commonwealth Bank, they were able to purchase a block of land and build a home at Sylvania waters. At the time (date?), this was an out of the way suburb, and little did they know that the location of their little home would become a highly desirable waterside suburb. All this time later, they still live in this little house. And there is something fitting about this plain and small dwelling, surrounded by mansions and excess; a house that somehow represents the humility and also the beauty of this family – as against the flashy pretense of so much that surrounded them.
It was during this period John got a job. These were the days of widespread prejudicial employment practices, but John found a place with the newly formed Paraplegics Association (later renamed ParaQuad) operated a workshop to provide employment for people with SCI. In the early days, the tasks they performed were relatively menial. John recalls sorting buttons, removing those with split eyes from the remainder; another time they removed rusty knobs from batteries; and again they sorted bottle tops.
While such work seems tedious, John recalls enjoying himself. He was working out what he was capable of and developing his skills. He had to determine how to perform jobs with limited function, and this required planning and inventiveness. When he was not working, he was ordinarily treated as an invalid, incapable of doing anything for himself, but the work gave him the opportunity to contribute to something bigger. Work was also a social outlet and he notes that, "I learned more from other paraplegics and quadriplegics than I did from any doctor." Early on, the money was poor. John earned about two dollars a day, which wasn't much more than the cost of the transport to get to and from work. Money wasn't really the point. At a time when quadriplegia made a person an invalid, John proved at ParaQuad that he could make a vital contribution in the workforce.
In the years that followed, John took on different roles and expanded his skills. He wanted to learn to drive, so imported hand controls, adjusted to take into account the limitations of his quadriplegia, were fitted to his car. Pam taught him to drive on a block of vacant land at Sylvania Waters – steering his way around survey markings for new buildings. In addition to hand controls for braking and acceleration, John operated the blinkers by buttons on his headrest. The strange movements he made as he went round corners apparently earned him some surprised looks from passengers. To get in and out of the car, John used a slide board, but he needed help. This meant, obviously, that he needed someone either to be with him or, alternatively, assistance at either side of the trip. His family recall the beep of his horn when he arrived home, and arguments about whose turn it was to get him out. Since most of his driving was done between home and ParaQuad, it was normally the case that Pam helped him into the car at home, and then a member of the ParaQuad helped him out at the other end. Later, John was one of the First people to have a hoist attached to the roof the car – making the transfer much more manageable.
So John was a forerunner – and it wasn't too much time later that ParaQuad added an engineering arm to its offerings, managed by John, who could pass on his love for driving to other people with SCI. Some years later on, John also joined the sales team, answering phones and assisting his fellow quads and paras to purchase various products vital to their care. John earned a degree of fame amongst the sci community of being able to find resources to solve any problem. Altogether John ended up working at ParaQuad for 40 years before retiring. Throughout the course of his employment he moved around different departments within the organisation and did what he could in the light of his emerging talents and limitations. John never earned a fortune, nor was he a prominent executive, but he enjoyed his work – and was loved by everyone who encountered him.
Family Man
In 1970, John and Pam adopted their son Richard, and three years later their daughter Michelle. It is not my place to tell the details of the story of their family life. When presenting the moving eulogy at his father's funeral, Richard stated that "they were the luckiest children ever to be chosen by a mum and dad." This is not to suggest that John was a softy. Richard described unique strategies of discipline necessitated by the chair and his physical limitations – and his own revenge undoing the wing nuts on his dad's chair. He went on to describe their families adventures, the "ripper good times" they had. He noted that although family life might have looked unusual, in fact it was completely normal. Truth be told, I'm not sure I believe him – I get the impression that their family life was too loving to be counted as merely "normal" in this age of family breakdown and divorce. what is clear is that disability wasn't a detriment to family life. No doubt it created challenges, but with the strength of character of Pam and John, disability was transformed into the rich tapestry of a flourishing family.
The Final Years
In the Christmas period of 2010/2011 John was riding as a passenger in the back of the family's van when, while stationary at the lights, a car smashed into their rear end. John was thrown forward and the impact upon his fragile spine necessitated a series of hospital visits. It was during one of these that I had the privilege of meeting him. John might have been in recovery, but he wasn't one to feel sorry for himself and instead functioned as the ward encourager, telling his stories and providing hope to many of us who were struggling with a newly acquired injury. While John was able to return home – thanks to the extraordinary care of Pam – he had lost some of the hard won function that had enabled him to live for so many decades with a remarkable degree of independence. He never completely recovered, and was to suffer various injuries in the period leading to his passing on 14 August 2013.
John will be greatly missed by his family and many friends – and even by those of us who only had the opportunity of a brief (but meaningful) encounter. His has been an extraordinary and meaningful life. He leaves behind a loving wife, children, grandchildren, and innumerable friends. He also leaves a legacy. It is the promise that happiness and fulfilment is possible in the midst of hardship and disability. Of course to attain it, one needs the sort of character that John embodied; his gentle determination, his patience, his resilience, his kindness, his friendliness, his love of life.
In memory of an Australian hero.
n.b. apologies for delay in this post – circumstances of the week have kept me away the computer.
I was deeply saddened last week to learn of the death of John Trefry. For those of you who have followed this blog, you will know that I have made reference to John's story a few times. I met John and his wife Pam in hospital a few months after my accident, and the story of their experiences of living with quadriplegia was such an encouragement that I decided it needed to be recorded and somehow made available to others. So, about one year later, I went with a video recorder and interviewed John. His story was so interesting that it took two sessions, and even then I only touched the surface.
The period after the interviews turned out to be very difficult for me personally – the early years (and to a lesser extent still) at home trying to learn to live with my injury really beat me up. I did not, as a result, get the opportunity to finish my write-up of the story, nor to spend further time with John and Pam discussing it. Even so, he was very much on my mind during the tough times; I told myself regularly that if John could live such a full and meaningful life, then so could I.
in honour of his memory, Pam has given permission for me to publish my summary on this blog. I will thus dedicate the next few posts to that purpose. Please feel free to add your thoughts to the comments, and if you know John, your recollections.
The Trefry's live at Sylvania Waters and as we pulled up at their house I couldn't help but think of the Donahers, of 1990s BBC documentary fame. John and Pam have none of the shallow flashiness projected by that television series but they are down to earth Aussies, with the typical Aussie twang and straightforward manners. As she sees me being lowered on the hoist from the back of the van she breathes a sigh of relief, telling my colleague and carer Andrew that's a good thing he had arrived with a disabled person. She doesn't have much time for "normal" people, she observes; she much prefers visits from wheelies. Turning to me she is immediately aware that my catheter bag is full and so off she runs to get a bucket. It is the sort of no-nonsense generosity that sums up her character. I later learn that she is 70 years old but it is hard to believe. She is a willowy redhead, with the sort of height that gets taller and thinner in memory, and energy suggesting she is destined to be here for another three decades.
John is resting in the sun, a typical position for quads, who seem always to be soaking up the heat. Never mind that it is a typical January summer day. He wears a buttoned up shirt, long pants and woollen ugg boots. He is comfortably hunched into what looks like a new electric wheelchair, blue and shiny. Elbows resting on his lap table, his wrists hang loose and his fingers curl over. I recognise myself and it is a comforting feeling. We head inside, set up the recording equipment, and settle down to hear the story of this extraordinary life.
The accident
John was born in the New South Wales country town of Orange on 2 February 1941. One of 10 children born, he is one half of pigeon pair twins. Money was tight. John's father had suffered for many years from tuberculosis, and could not retain employment. The family lived in a two bedroom home, with John and another brother sleeping on the veranda. It was, nevertheless, a happy home. In John's recollections, the family had plenty of room (I wonder whether his mother felt the same), and they often made space for visits from friends and relatives. During the intermittent times when he had some respite from the symptoms of TB, his father took the family camping; heading out bush with the horse and cart intent on shooting rabbits.
Sadly, he passed away when John was 14, so he left school to work at the abattoir. His first job involved cleaning sheep carcasses and thereafter he moved into smallgoods making sausages and devon. John enjoyed his work, its collegial nature and the opportunity it afforded him to travel, transporting product around NSW country towns.
Outside of work John's real passion was dancing. With seven sisters he had plenty of occasions to practice at home, and country towns hosted dance events most weekends. On one of these evenings John and two of his mates, Jim and Tom, decided to move on from a bush dance in Orange to another the town of Victoria. John was not a drinker and Jim, who was driving the car, was perfectly sober. It was well after midnight and about halfway there the car hit a block of concrete in the middle of the road. It was extremely unlucky. Apparently a truck had dislodged a drain, leaving it at a place that was almost impossible to miss. The car, an old FJ Holden, flew into the air and rolled into the paddock. This was in the era before seatbelts and headrests. Jim was thrown out of the car, but was mostly unhurt. Tom was killed instantly. John was left unconscious in the upturned car. He had suffered whiplash – without a headrest the accident caused his head tilted back over shoulders, breaking his neck; later discovered to be his sixth cervical vertebrae (C5/6) , leaving him a quadriplegic . Extracted from the car by ambulance officers, John was transported to hospital in Orange where the doctors had little hope for his recovery. It was the 2nd April 1959. John was 18 years of age.
In those days many newly injured quadriplegics died quickly, suffering from infections such as pneumonia. John spent four days in Orange hospital during which time nurses did not even change his clothes. When it became apparent that he had a chance of life he was shipped off to Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, an eight-hour journey in the ambulance.
There was no dedicated spinal unit so John was transferred to the surgical ward. He was placed in traction. Lying flat on his back, a wishbone frame encircled his head, supported by calipers that were drilled in into this skull just above the ear. This was attached by a rope to a frame that travelled to the end of the bed where it supported two sandbags. The goal was to pull the spine back into place. It was an excruciatingly painful form of treatment, especially when pressure relief demanded the patient be turned every two hours; a process that took 4 to 6 people to ensure that his neck and head was kept still. The night-time was the worst, as his screams of pain reverberated through the quiet ward.
Listening to the story, it is hard to get your head around how he made it through this period. Was he an uncharacteristically hopeful person? Was he able to imagine a better future? No, he says. All he can remember is devastation. Here he was, stuck in Sydney, with his family more than a day's journey away. There were no telephones on the bedside table and, even if the nurses had provided him access, his family was not connected at the other end. His only visits were from the Country Women's Association, who would help him read letters from his family and draft replies. One month into his hospital stay his sister, moved to the city and took to visiting him on a weekly basis. It was, nevertheless, a lonely experience. John was trapped in a broken body, in traction, trying to get through the day with only a ceiling for company.
John was to spend seven months in hospital, five of these in traction. As a C5/6 quad, John has control of his shoulders, neck and head. He has biceps although little in the way of triceps, and he does have wrist extension that enables him to grasp objects (called a tenodesis grip). As John has since discovered, it is possible to achieve remarkable function with this level of injury. In 1959, however, quadriplegia was considered terminal, or at least completely debilitating, so throughout his hospital stay John was given very little help in the way of physio or occupational therapy – almost no preparation for any level of independent living. Following the removal of the calipers and his escape from traction, John was taught to sit in a wheelchair. After five months of lying flat on his back, it was a dizzying exercise. It took about six weeks before he could sit up without passing out (he notes that today's patients have it easy, with electric beds that enable them to get used to sitting before being placed in a chair).
Rather than physical therapy, medical intervention was the focus; draining the lungs to help avoid pneumonia and fighting infection in the bladder. This was a period before indwelling catheters, and the bladder was allowed to drain into a bag of its own accord. This meant that the bladder never completely emptied, so urinary tract infections were frequent and sometimes fatal. John believes the fact that he was not a heavy drinker nor smoker – that his kidney was intact – help him survive this period. He also admits that he was just lucky.
Luck, of course, is always relative!
After seven months in Prince of Wales it was time to leave, but John was unable to return to Orange given the pressures of single parenthood facing his mother. Instead he was sent to Weemala nursing home in Ryde, at the site that was later to become the Royal rehabilitation Centre, Sydney (http://www.royalrehab.com.au/history.html). The home had been established in 1899 to accommodate patients discharged from hospital without alternate residence, and its entryway still proudly bore the tagline, "Home for the Incurables."
20-year-old John was placed in a room with two other men aged in their 60s. The nursing home functioned on rigid gender restrictions, men downstairs women upstairs. Even the occasional concert placed men on one side of the auditorium and women on the other – institutions operating on conservative church-based moral dictates. Resources were limited and the quality of care marginal. John vividly recalls the dispensing of medicines. Tablets for all the residents on the ward were placed in a bowl and patients were asked to select their own based on colour of the tablet. John was never quite sure whether he was taking pain medication or a laxative! Meal times the basic: breakfast a piece of toast, lunch hot meal, dinner sandwiches. Many times they were given leftovers, stale sandwiches nearly or food. And since the nursing home retained the total amount of a resident's pension, there was little opportunity to supplement ones diet.
Given limited staff, John was rarely placed in a chair. He spent almost all the time flat on a bed, staring at the ceiling. I find this hard to comprehend. I ask him what he did with his time? Nothing, he says. There was no television, and you couldn't hold a book. At least his bed was wheeled to the common areas and he was left near other patients. They would talk to him, but there was an age gap of 40 years or so. Given he was not receiving physiotherapy the muscles that might have functioned were not exercised, so he could do very little for himself. If someone was willing to turn the pages, he could read a newspaper.
John's most vivid recollection was a question he once asked the matron. "How long am I going to be in here?"
She replied, "When you come in here son, you don't come to get better. You slowly get worse and die."
I am flabbergasted. I ask John whether this advice demoralised or motivated. We sometimes imagine people like John as being somehow more heroic, more stoic than we are, and yet the reality of living with disability is that you are not only physically dependent, but also psychologically dependent upon the care of others. Unsurprisingly, John describes the months of horror and isolation and the depression that ensued.
Dark times are rarely permanent and for John it was the encouragement of family and friends that birthed hope. Sometimes little things make a difference. A friend of the family from Orange started nursing at Weemala, and she gave John extra attention – even sneaking him extra provisions (and the power of food should not be understated). When his sister heard of the matron's prophecy, she insisted, "This is not going to happen to you." Another of his sisters moved to Sydney, and it was decided to start taking him out and about. As often as possible his brother-in-law would manhandle him into the back of their old Dodge car and take him home for lunch or out and about the town. John recalls the awkward interaction with strangers. Many people simply did not know how to relate to people with disabilities. Parents would ensure their children gave him a wide berth. Shopkeepers would rarely address him directly. Waitresses looked to his carer to find out his order. But whatever the difficulties John was starting to live again.
He decided he needed to get out of Weemala. The timing would prove fortuitous, as a place had become available at the newly established spinal unit at Prince of Wales hospital, Randwick. The only difficulty was that the nursing home did not want to let him go. And since they controlled the entirety of his pension, his family decided a kidnapping was in order. Pretending to take him out for a day visit, they whisked him away to Prince of Wales.
……… to be continued.
For those of you interested in some of my more scholarly work, I recently had an article published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Below is the abstract and introduction,
Work, which plays such a prominent part in the narrative of human life, is central to a person's happiness (or unhappiness). Because this is so, the fact that spinal-cord injury (SCI) tends to take a person out of the workforce (sometimes permanently) is recognised as a central part of post-injury loss. This paper draws on the insights of the virtue tradition and the discipline of positive psychology, to explore the notion of happiness (well-being) and its relationship to the vocations of people with SCI. In particular, it describes the virtues that can contribute to a person's capacity to obtain and sustain employment. This includes virtues relating to dependency and independency, as well as the role of hope, optimism and the like. It concludes with a brief discussion of the contribution that people with SCI can make to the culture of the workplace.
The relationship between work and happiness has always been ambiguous. We spend most of our lives either preparing for work or being at work, and so it is an activity that comes to frame our identity. Often, we begrudge the amount of time we are forced to give to our jobs, which can be stressful or tedious, exhausting or boring, too complex or meaningless, or all these things at once. The workplace is nearly always political, and we are never paid enough for what we give or for what we put up with. But where would we be without work? The civil rights movement and feminists have understood the significance of work, of equal access and equal pay. The central place that work holds in our lives is not merely tied to the (false) assertion that money brings happiness, although we do need to earn enough to pay for necessities and the small pleasures of modern life. More substantive, however, is the meaning that work provides. Happiness transcends the ups and downs of day-to-day life in the marketplace and is built upon the story of a life; a narrative made up not only of family and friendship but also of our contribution to the world. Whether our labour is paid or voluntary, that contribution is generally accomplished in and through our work.
What, then, of those who cannot work or, at least, tend not to? This paper examines the contribution of work to the well-being of people with a spinal cord injury (SCI). It is exploratory in nature, seeking points of convergence between empirical socio-scientific studies, the virtue tradition (with its insight into dependency), and the conclusions of positive psychology. This unusual conflation requires some explanation before we come to the heart of the argument being made – which is that the "happiness" of people with spinal-cord injury is connected to their work and to the virtues (especially virtues of dependency and independency) that frame personal well-being and success.
and so I ramble on. For those who would like to read the whole article (draft version prior to editorial amendments and publication), it can be downloaded on the following link:
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In disability studies, there is generally a distinction that is made between "impairment" and "disability". The former is a medical problem whereas the latter is a social issue. While often the two go hand in hand, it is possible to conceive of a society in which an impaired person will not be impacted by the process of disablement.
Let me explain.
For most of human history, physical impairment has meant social exclusion. At its most basic, this might have been the result of straightforward issues of access. The person relying on a wheelchair couldn't make it into town because the curbing was not cut to enable wheeled travel, building entrances were stepped, transport was inaccessible, corridors were narrow, bathrooms were small, et cetera. Great strides have been made in Australia in these matters, although until you spend time in a chair you don't realise how far we are yet to go. In the suburb in which I live – Ingleburn – three quarters of the shops have a single step entrance, so I'm kept out of restaurants, hairdressers, florists, butchers and the like (sometimes that is a good thing!). But this is nothing compared to the primary area of physical exclusion, which is the family home. By far the vast majority of private houses in Australia have multiple steps for entry, narrow corridors, internal stairs, and tiny bathrooms. But I don't want to complain. As I said, I am fortunate to be born in 21st century Australia, where I can catch a taxi, ride a train, get on most (but not all) buses, access most public buildings, and find an accessible toilet. What all of this means is that I am less disabled (socially excluded) then I might have been. In fact, most of the time I am not access disabled at all.
Beyond access, though, disability is more subtle. In the first place, many impairments cause social exclusions that are virtually inevitable. The deaf person, for example, is automatically excluded from much of our verbally grounded society, and even the vital help of a translator establishes a certain amount of social distinction. For the person with some form of intellectual impairment, there is the difficulty in engaging in the philosophical and political life of the community, although intelligence has many dimensions and a person's capacity to participate is often greater than we think. Once again, in these areas I am fortunate, since my spinal-cord injury has not affected my capacity to think or communicate. I am challenged, however, by the amount of social life that occurs at night – since tiredness and pain send me to bed early. My injury has also removed me from involvement in the sports that I used to do with my friends and my kids. Now, I cannot expect people to move all their parties to the daytime, and nor can I demand that everyone take up chess rather than go surfing. My point is that it is at night and on the weekends – the times when people party and play – that I feel the frustrations of being disabled.
The connection between impairment and economic power is another sphere that creates disability. I was listening to a debate today about whether Australia should become a republic, and one of the arguments in favour was that Australian society was a meritocracy rather than an aristocracy. I would not want to return to the latter (and I am a Republican and not a monarchist), but the assumed understanding of merit as being deserving of political and economic power is necessarily framed over and against demerit, by which is meant disability (even if that is unintended). People with impairments may not be able to work, or they may only be able to work part-time, and often in low paying jobs. Whether they live on a pension or a minimum wage, they often struggle to participate fully in money driven, consumerist societies such as ours, and thus their impairment has become a disability. [At this point I should note that I'm not appealing for money or crying poor – so don't feel the need to send cash! neither am I arguing for Marxism – but that is a debate for another day.]
There is finally, an element of social exclusion that is nothing other than an evil that needs unmasking – prejudice. Human society has almost always judged people by the shape and capacity of their bodies, and such judgements permeate every sphere of life. It is this fact that connects disability studies to the spheres of gender, race, and sexuality. This area is important enough for me to explore in a blog post to come.
In conclusion, reflecting on the distinction between impairment and disability has left me wondering whether I'm disabled. My preliminary conclusion is that, while my impairment is permanent and unbending, my disability comes and goes. It is a liberating thought. It means that my injury doesn't define me, at least not all of the time, and never completely.


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A woman in Portland, Oregon, has a portable projection screen that may have helped save the Free World. It came her way with a letter stating that in 1962, it was borrowed from a club of 3-D photography enthusiasts in Dayton, Ohio, to show President John F. Kennedy the aerial spy photos that helped him resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The detectives investigate a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections, what could be an early 'Amos 'n' Andy' record and a painting with potential ties to women's suffrage. 8/6/2013
Charles Burns of Bakersfield, purchased this leather bound edition of Life and Adventures of Kit Carson at the estate sale of a Wild West book collector. Leafing through the book Charles was amazed to find the names of Kit Carson s family written in a page near the center. Tukufu Zuberi takes on the challenge to find out whether this book once belonged to the Kit Carson family.
We investigate four stories from the American West. Did this biography of legendary frontiersman Kit Carson once belong to members of his family? Then, a rodeo saddle tells the story of movie stuntman Yakima Canutt. Discover the meaning behind an inscription on sheet music of the popular western song Tumbling Tumbleweeds? Did a pivotal character in the Modoc Indian wars weave this basket?
America's top gumshoes are back for a 10th season.
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Anyone heard of "no sweat cpne bootcamp"?
- 0Apr 4, '13 by SunshineIm looking into taking a workshop for the cpne. The no sweat cpne bootcamp workshop is in Miami and seems like it has plenty of hands on. Has anyone taken this workshop?
- 2Apr 5, '13 by natnat122Quote from lovefloridarnNo, I'm not CPNE eligble yet but I hear Sheri Taylor's workshop in Atlanta works WONDERS. Just search Sheri Taylor on the forum & you'll see..Natnat 122, have u taken a workshop yet? Are they worth spending the money to take?
- 1Apr 6, '13 by BerryHappyI am a VETERAN CPNE workshop taker! I had to take Sherri's twice!
The difference between the two is that Sherri was the Charge Nurse at a hospital where the CPNE was administered. She became friendly with the CE's and CA's and knows from the inside what they are looking for from a student. The woman in Miami actually ATTENDED Sherri's workshop, passed her CPNE and boards, and then started her own workshop in Miami. Also, Sherri offers DOUBLE your money back and and unbelievable amount of hand holding if you need it. I am in no way affiliated with Sherri other than a satisfied customer. I realize the cost my be prohibitive if you live in Florida, but Sherri is worth the investment. Basically, you can go to the proven original, or a copy.Last edit by BerryHappy on Apr 6, '13 : Reason: typo
- 0Apr 7, '13 by BerryHappyThe online version is very good also. If you go to the live workshop, she gives you a pretty big discount to join the online workshop. About 50% I think. The biggest advantage to having access to the online workshop is being able to watch and re-watch her skills video's. I even watched them during my CPNE weekend. You will get your Kardex on Friday night for your first patient Saturday morning. I did my care plan Friday night, then watched Sherri's video on the assignments I had to do for that patient. Of course I already knew my critical elements, but it was just nice to have a quick review watching Sherri do the respiratory management and neuro assessment. I went into that patient's room extremely confident!
If you decide to do the live workshop, you will only need the online workshop for a month or two. Like I mentioned, having those video's to review during my CPNE weekend was priceless. Also, don't forget about having constant access to Sherri while you are studying, and being able to send her dozens of care plans until you can complete them in your sleep!
Also, READ EVERY SINGLE PAGE OF THAT EXCELSIOR "STUDY GUIDE"!!! There are little bit's and pieces in it you might not pick up by just skimming over it. That's why I FAILED my first CPNE attempt!
Good luck, and keep the questions coming if you have anymore!Last edit by JustBeachyNurse on Apr 21, '13 : Reason: typo
- 0Apr 8, '13 by SunshineI did some research on the online workshop. It sounds like it is very similar to the real thing. The price is also much more affordable. However, price is not really an issue if the live workshop will better increase my chances of passing the cpne. Do you think the online version is sufficient enough?
- 0Apr 10, '13 by tnmarie, LPNI too took Sheri online and highly recommend it. However, I would recommend taking the college's NCP course as well as some care plans that Sheri approves could lead to revisions and the Ec NCP course catches those for you. You wouldn't fail, but you would make it harder on yourself and give yourself more chances to make mistakes during implementation. Plus the NCP course goes into the evaluation phase a little more and lets you practice it.
I think whether you do online or in person depends on your study style. If you learn better in groups, you might want to consider an in person. If you are an "isolated learner", it might be a waste of time (if you groaned inwardly in school when they mentioned "group" and "project" in the same sentence and or your grades plummeted when you had to study in groups or pairs). Her online workshop is basically a video of her live workshop that you can re-watch and ask questions if need be.
Also to the person talking about using Sheri/other resources to complete your first NCP for PCS 1, you may have violated academic honesty. It explicitly says that no outside help is to be used just because the school is letting you take it to the hotel to do overnight. They do that to help you cope with nerves and get in to the flow. The CPNE is a *test*, and only two resources can be legally used to complete it (Mosby's and a medication book).
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"Agnes" and "Brewster Rockit" will join the comic pages. A new panel, "Brevity," will alternate with "Close to Home." "Speed Bump" will run every day. "The Scrabble Gram and Stickelers puzzles will become regular features six days a week." On March 25, they debut "Lio" on Sundays.
So say goodbye to "Mary Worth," "Cathy" and "Broom Hilda." Also gone: "The Flying McCoys" and "The Other Coast." (But they will remain on their website.)