Learn How to Walk from a Dude in a Wheelchair

Our Community Relations dept. recently shared the following video of Jeff Preston with our staff.
Have a look, it is well worth the 5 minutes.

http://www.ignitelondon.ca/video/learn-how-to-walk-from-a-dude-in-a-wheelchair-for-reals-this-time

Gavin Blair "A firm believer that physical activity is overrated, Jeff has been using an electric wheelchair to avoid it since Grade 4. Best known as a trouble maker, Jeff is a local disability advocate, wanna-be politician, and writer of Cripz: A Webcomic."

Kids Car Safety article

The online version of Today's Parent magazine has a great article on car safety. Once you close their very annoying ad, you'll find some good advice.


• Bigger vehicles aren’t always safer
• Car junk can become projectiles
• It’s good to be the monkey in the middle
• Airbags can do more harm than good to little ones
• Kids are as distracting as cellphones
• All-weather tires are a compromise
• Cars don’t have to be moving to be lethal
• The not-so-common-sense car seat
• DIY emergency kit

related reading
• 9 Car Seat Mistakes
• Tips to Fix Car Seat Battles
• Road Trip Activity Guide