I have seen "The In touchables" it's GREAT!!!!!!!!!
Smile Everyday > On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Thank you Bobby for the information. I met Joni a couple years after my > accident, when she was speaking at a church in Shawnee Mission, Overland > Park, Kansas. She is beautiful and so extremely talented, it is amazing how > much she has accomplished in her life. She also had to fight breast cancer a > few years ago and there was a video on the Internet with her and her husband > sharing this experience.. I remember seeing, the other side of the mountain > and it was so encouraging to see her accomplishments and milestones, she > accomplished in her life. I believe she may have been one of the oldest > living quadriplegic, but I could be wrong. It would be fun to see those > movies again. I encourage everyone to see the Intouchables. > > This is a great movie. I think everyone will enjoy it. > Please forgive my Dragon errors. > > > quadriplegic is played by Francois Cluze > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167388/ > He looks so much like Dustin Hoffman. It is unbelievable. > > > His caregiver doesn't seem like he can handle the job, but it is > > > wonderful. He develops an awesome relationship with his > > > boss that changes both of their lives. > > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/ > > > Dana C4-5, 38 years > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Sent: 6/25/2013 8:01:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time > Subj: Re: [QUAD-L] SCI Novels > > I've read a few that I'd like to pass along., One > "My Soul purpose" by Heidi Van Beiltz She became a C5,6 quadriplegic from a > car accident while doing a stunt in Hollywood. She was a stunning woman in > Hollywood when she had her accident back in the late 1980s early 1990s. She > talks about her close relationship with Melanie Griffith and also with Willie > Shoemaker. Willie Shoemaker himself was a jockey, he was involved in a single > person car accident while drinking and driving he is a C3,4 Quadriplegic. > Rating B+ > > "Joni" by Joni Erickison She became a quadriplegic in a diving accident in > 1967. She does a lot of painting owns a radio station and runs a Christian > ministry. She also has an amazing website that is definitely worth looking > into. She wrote one book before she met her husband and wrote the second book > after she met her husband. She also has written about two or three other > books on Christianity disability. > Rating A > > "The Other Side of the Mountain Part One" by E.J Valens It's a story about > Jill Kinmont who was trying out for the Winter Olympics and broke her neck to > C4,5 in 1955 She just passed away this year. There are two books about her > one before she met her husband and another one after. There's also a movie > that was made about her life. > Rating A > > "The Other Side of the Mountain Part Two" by E.J.Valens Like I mentioned > above this book is about when she met her husband and learning to live life > as a quadriplegic.She became a schoolteacher when she went to college > inCalifornia. > > Bobbie > > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 24, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Don Price <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Jim shared his really cool list of movies featuring quadriplegics: >> http://www.imdb.com/list/2OTqiWRR9R8/ >> >> Many of those movies came from novels. I was wondering if any of you have >> read any book regarding SCI [fiction or non-fiction.] I'd be interested in >> your review, good or bad, regarding any SCI-related novels. >> >> I have a couple: >> >> 1. The Dive From Clausen's Pier. Fiction. By Ann Packer. [Also a movie to >> add to the list, Jim] >> This novel was riveting to me, at the beginning, because I was injured in a >> diving accident and the details in this story were eerily similar; so >> similar, in fact, that my sister started reading this book but couldn't >> continue. However, the character with quadriplegia is really the secondary >> protagonist in this novel, so about halfway through it became much less >> interesting to me. Still worth a read if you need a beach book this summer. >> Grade: B- >> >> 2. Moving Violations. Non-fiction. By John Hockenberry. >> John Hockenberry is an award-winning reporter who has worked for NPR, ABC >> and NBC. John is paraplegic since a car accident at age 19, and this is his >> memoir. I read this novel about five years ago and found it very >> entertaining. John discusses his adjustment to disability, his travels >> around the world and some poignant inter-personal relationships. There's one >> story involving his ex gf that is so unbelievable I still laugh to myself >> when I think about it. The book suffers a bit by its length--at 350+ it >> could have used a healthy editing--but overall it was a fun read. >> Grade: A- >> >> 3. Will the Real John Callahan Please Stand Up? Non-Fiction. By John >> Callahan. >> Most of you are probably familiar with the work of cartoonist/quadriplegic >> John Callahan. His cartoons are crude drawn, often vulgar and usually >> twisted. But, damn, I find them funny! Not everyone will like his acerbic >> wit, but this memoir is both tragic and uplifting. I'm looking forward to >> the rumored film about his life (John died in 2010 and Robin Williams >> purchased the story rights.) >> Grade: A > =
