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@Yamihere12
7 ай бұрын
Its great to see how invested you are even with how busy you've been recently. Its also just spectacular seeing that one day this could make a living for you, we're all root'n for you with that. I'd love to see how your plans progress for the future of this year. God bless you Mason ^^
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
Wow, I appreciate that! I'm glad you enjoyed my story and are continuing to watch my videos! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@dazza70smith
7 ай бұрын
Go for it Mason. God bless you my friend, living your best life 🇬🇧👏💜👍🙏🤗♿️ #ForeverPromotingPositiveDisabilityAwareness
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
I appreciate your support! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@peggyjohns7893
7 ай бұрын
Mason, you are the sweetest boy. You have done so well adjusting to your injury. Good for you for finishing college.
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
I appreciate that! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@dianaceballosarruda319
7 ай бұрын
Hi, Mason, how are you? My name is Diana, I'm 26 and was born with cerebral palsy. I love that you're sharing the reality of how living with a disability doesn't have to be limiting when it comes to doing the things we love. I realise how easy it is to comment online and demean or disrespect others. That is not my goal with this comment, but rather just to give you my perspective as someone who lives with a disability, and at the same time respectfully challenge your approach and give you some food for thought. I'm not sure if it's due to miscommunication, but honestly I do not understand why you would want to tell yourself or others that living with a disability is the same as living without one, or that you have the same life now you would've if you hadn't become paralysed. It's simply not true, on any front. For one, you are not the same person you were, because traumatic events of any kind change our brain and our emotional responses, and also because, as you know, we all grow and change emotionally and spiritually as a result of life's challenges. The reality that society and individuals won't ever view you or me as they would if we were, in fact, able-bodied, already negates your assumption/premise that we can live as if we were. I understand (I think) that your messaging is about not limiting ourselves in pursuing the things we want to do in life. I just feel there are a million ways to communicate that without implying that living with a disability isn't any different to living without one, or that you're the same person (emotionally, spiritually) that you once were. Even if you hadn't been injured, the accident still would've changed the way you appreciate life and family, for instance. It still would've changed you. Saying that it is possible to live able-bodied is not only untrue, it is also, in my opinion, a far more limiting way of thinking than accepting your unique abilities, as well as limitations (physical or otherwise) and acknowledging and appreciating the fact that yes, living with a disability changes your experiences and your person, and for that makes you all the more unique and all the more the person that you are, on an emotional level. If I were to wake up tomorrow with no disability, I still wouldn't be the same person as if I hadn't lived with one for most of my life. I just think the message of living able-bodied in itself (regardless of your motives, which I'm sure are rooted in wanting to help others), is just plain harmful. I know I won't be the same mother or daughter or friend that I would be if I didn't have a disability. And that is not only true, it is also a realisation that's necessary in order to navigate a world that's built for those who are able-bodied and a culture that largely misunderstands disabilities as limiting simply and precisely because they differ from able-bodiedness. My point is, appreciating how our life is different because of our disabilities is, in my experience, the first step to building a life where disability doesn't equal limitations. I say this as a missionary with a life-long physical disability who's travelled to Europe, the US, Africa and the Middle East. I know my work would be completely different if I were able-bodied. Probably way easier, if we're honest, but it sure wouldn't speak of God's strength being perfected in me quite so much. I hope you hear the love and respect in this comment. Not seeking agreement, just wanted to give you something to think about regarding your messaging. God bless ❤
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
You are thinking too literal. Whether living able-bodied means to physically live exactly how you would without a disability or to not live with limitations, living able-bodied has multiple meanings just like most terms. The living able-bodied that I use means to not let your disability prevent you from what you planned to do or would want to do if you didn't have a disability. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@safesclart
7 ай бұрын
Hi mate, been subbed for some time, love what you do mate. .I have a lot of ladies and gents with spinal injuries I assist within the community, about 60% require full time ventilation due to most of them having autonomic nerve damage and can't breathe hence tracheostomies in place. Also, a lot suffer with AD attacks (Autonomic dysreflexia) and require immediate, potentially life-saving interventions on a near daily bases. These people live phenomenally hard lives yet they're Some of the strongest, most inspirational and nicest people have ever had the good fortune to meet. I think what you are doing is a wonderful thing and i will pass on the page to my guys and see if we can help build the community. Stay strong, brother, you will inspire a lot of people out there to move forward and try to see beyond their disability. Big love from the UK
@RJ4O4
7 ай бұрын
you just expressed in a nutshell why someone like myself who's not a paraplegic can find inspiration from Masons channel.
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
Wow, I really appreciate your compliments and willingness to use my content to help others and build our community! You're right, those are some of the best people! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@safesclart
7 ай бұрын
Respect to you my man. @@masonx54
@susannejulin4519
4 ай бұрын
Hello. I admire your energy and plans for fortune. I wish you all the best and good luck. ❤
@masonx54
4 ай бұрын
I appreciate that, and thank you for commenting!
@kenyoung2142
4 ай бұрын
I’m a C5,6&7and would like to see your driving setup and how you access your controls…gears, lights, wipers, ramp…etc
@masonx54
4 ай бұрын
I appreciate your idea but already have videos showing that. Below are two of my videos about that. My Driving Setup: kzitem.info/news/bejne/r3luxZOmsp5moJw Driving with Hand Controls: kzitem.info/news/bejne/q557soR_hWOenoI Thank you for watching and commenting!
@HighTen_Melanie
7 ай бұрын
Hi Mason, a very Happy New Year, I wish you all the best for 2024. I love your channel. I have a lower level sci than you and as a fellow full-time power chair user, I find your contact extremely relevant and interesting. I would love to see more videos about you driving both your power chair and also your car is fascinating to see differences and learn from each other. I have a drive from Wheelchair vehicle which I enter through the rear using an automatic ramp and hand controls. Good luck with all your plans for the year.
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
I appreciate your video suggestion! Can you give me some examples of what kind of videos you are wanting to see regarding my wheelchair and van? Thank you for watching and commenting!
@HighTen_Melanie
7 ай бұрын
@@masonx54I love your videos about your van. Anything really that shows you going about your day. Shopping etc and road trips.
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video ideas! I will put them down!
@patch5267
6 ай бұрын
I would be interested in reading the book, keep as posted
@masonx54
6 ай бұрын
I appreciate that! However, I doubt it will be published for a few years. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@relaxandunwind1496
7 ай бұрын
Awesome Mason, looking forward to your plans going into action.
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
So am I! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@traceypuerner7876
5 ай бұрын
Book would be great. I want write book about, but don't have the are the money, knowledge. I was hit by a car when 13 or 14 years old, and was some damage in my right leg. It was a hit and run. The doctor did nothing for for me. I left the with my mother, and Don't remember the car ride with my father, and mother.
@masonx54
5 ай бұрын
The feeling of not remembering anything from a certain time in your life is a weird feeling. I appreciate you sharing some of your story. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@traceypuerner7876
5 ай бұрын
@@masonx54 it hurt
@traceypuerner7876
5 ай бұрын
It hurts and hangs down unequal.
@traceypuerner7876
5 ай бұрын
I fell off my son' scooter in around 2000 0r 200. It didn't hurt i went to college with no pain. Someone at tell that broken. I went to the a cast for 6 week, still hart to type. Went more never heal. My shoulder look broken or dislocated.
@masonx54
5 ай бұрын
Wow, it looks broken or dislocated but doesn't hurt?
@TarikRom-hu3jj
4 ай бұрын
How feel now and whats ur symtoms and how long did this happen qq
@bradleyburgoon623
7 ай бұрын
Not this video but your last 1 was my birthday
@masonx54
7 ай бұрын
Happy late birthday!
@bradleyburgoon623
7 ай бұрын
@@masonx54 Thanks how about a video on how u cook
@georgebutcher6320
5 ай бұрын
Hello 👋 young man how about helping start a power wheelchair swap meeting in the USA and any ideas 💡 how I & others can possibly get a heavy duty used van for spinal cord & morbid obesity individuals such as me ...
@masonx54
5 ай бұрын
What do you mean by a power wheelchair swap meeting? As in trading wheelchairs? As for getting a van, I suggest reaching out to your states Vocational Rehabilitation Service, which each state has. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@georgebutcher6320
5 ай бұрын
@masonx54 Swap meet for people with power wheelchairs that want to trade stuff they make like backpacks or parts or even stickers homemade cup holders , you name it ...
@masonx54
5 ай бұрын
Do you make anything?
@loveusa56
6 ай бұрын
My son is C5-7 complete quadriplegic who suffers with constant severe neuropathic pain, everywhere below his injury level. The pain is so severe he's been unable to sit in his wheelchair, and bedridden going on 5 years. Content we would like to see (and so many others) is how you live able-bodied with this type of debilitating pain?
@masonx54
6 ай бұрын
I am also a C5-C7 complete quadriplegic. I experience some minor neuropathy pain every once in awhile, and I was on Gabapentin for a few weeks but stopped taking it because it messed with my mind. After I stopped, the pain went away. My pain is very minimal. So, he is a complete spinal cord injury and doesn't have any function or feeling below his injury? I ask because I'm A complete injury and don't experience much pain. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@loveusa56
6 ай бұрын
@@masonx54 yes, Luke is complete, and pain specialists say his pain from a tethered cord (scar tissue from his original injury adhered to his arachnoid layer). The neurosurgeon say that below level neuropathic pain is common with complete quadriplegia. We hadn't thought of it before but we're going to try weaning him off all the meds to see if his pain will also go away.
@loveusa56
6 ай бұрын
Btw, Luke does 3D printing that helps keep his mind off the pain. He made some really cool flexible cup holders, custom joysticks for his permobile and now printing custom parts for RC and slot race sets. He could use ideas to make whatever you want.
@masonx54
6 ай бұрын
I'm assuming you mean weaning him off of pain medication? What pain medication is he on? That's awesome? I plan on getting my 3D printer soon but am unsure what exactly to get.
@loveusa56
6 ай бұрын
@@masonx54 Luke said only BambuLabs printer, don't waste your time or money on anything else....Especially for being quadriplegic.
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