Accessible Everything

An accessible & inclusive travel blog for people with disabilities

October 31st, 2008

Wheelchair Athlete’s Back Flip Lands Him in Record Book

With the top of his head mere inches above the lip of a jump, Aaron Fotheringham soars into the Guinness World Book of Records by performing a back flip in his wheelchair at Doc Romeo skate park on Saturday.

Aaron Fotheringham went into the record books as a pioneer in wheelchair sports Saturday.

Guinness World Records recorded the Northwest Las Vegas resident, in front of a crowd of more than 300 at Doc Romeo Park, as the first to complete a back flip in a wheelchair.

“It feels awesome to get this,” said Fotheringham, 16, who performed the flip before the Vegas AmJam skatepark competition.

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Source: Las Vegas Sun

October 30th, 2008
October 28th, 2008

Changes to Accessible Everything

I’ve been a bit of a geek this weekend and made some changes to Accessible Everything so that it’s easier for you to keep up with new blog posts and get in touch with me if you want to.

Firstly, I’ve added a new RSS feed with FeedBurner (the top RSS “Subscribe in a Reader“), so that you can easily subscribe to Accessible Everything with various different readers and get updates easily. Just click the link and choose which reader you require. The old RSS feed is also still there for those of you that prefer just to register through your browser etc.

Secondly, I’ve added Bookmarkify which appears at the end of every post. This is very similar to the FeedBurner RSS and allows you to choose your RSS reader to keep up with the headlines on the blog. If you don’t see the reader that you us, just click “more” and other options will appear.

Thirdly, I’ve also posted a link in the left hand column for “Subscribe by Email“. All you have to do is click this and fill in your email address and every time I write a new entry you will receive notification directly. This service is also through clicking “more” at the bottom of every blog entry with Bookmarkify.

The last thing that I have done on the blog is add Google Talk in the top right corner of the header. If the green light is on and it says “Available” click on the link to talk to me directly in real time.

You can also keep up with Accessible Everything through Facebook by using the link in the right column in the blue box “Blog Network“.

Also on AccessibleBarcelona and AccessibleNicaragua I’ve put Accessible Everything Headline Animators so that people can see the last 5 article headlines that have been posted on the blog, then they can click straight through to read their contents. If you would like to post the Accessible Everything Headline Animator on your blog or web page please drop me a line and I’ll send you the HTML.

If anyone would like any further details about the things I’ve added for their own blogs they can also email me. I hope that this helps the readers of Accessible Everything keep up with my news.