Life After Paralysis is the official podcast of SPINALpedia.com, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people with spinal cord injuries. Hosted by Tiffiny Carlson, a C6 quadriplegic since 1993 and the executive director of SPINALpedia, she interviews guests and highlights important topics in the paralysis community, from spinal cord injury research and advocacy to lifestyle topics. New episodes are uploaded monthly. Send show ideas to info@spinalpedia.com. Learn more at SPINALpedia.com
Life After Paralysis Ep 69: Juan Rodriguez of Loko's Hot Dogs in San Pedro, CA (Wheelchair Vendor)
In San Pedro, California, you'll find Juan Rodriguez, owner and operator of Loko's Hot Dogs, a hot dog food stand business he started two years ago. Paralyzed at the age of 15, he is also one of the few people in the country owning and operating a food stand as a wheelchair-user.
He shares his story from becoming paralyzed as a teenager to discovering a passion for food/cooking after years of doing customer service. And god willing, he hopes to open a food truck soon.
- Follow Loko's Hot Dogs: https://www.instagram.com/lokoshotdogs (https://www.instagram.com/lokoshotdogs)
In episode 68 of SPINALpedia's podcast Life After Paralysis, we catch up with Destiny Floyd from Missouri, a 26 year old model who's been paralyzed since the age of 19 in a drive-by shooting and was recently crowned Ms Wheelchair Missouri 2026.
She's also an ambassador for Disabled But Not Really, an amazing nonprofit in Kansas City that promotes accessible exercise, and has an accessible gym and a robust SCI community.
She shares her journey of depression after becoming paralyzed and how she was able to break through, and also talks about her new nonprofit as well as her experience running for and winning Ms. Wheelchair Missouri and her important platform issues of accessibility and redefining ability.
- Follow Destiny on IG: https://www.instagram.com/hi_itsdestinyy/ (https://www.instagram.com/hi_itsdestinyy/)
- Disabled But Not Really: https://disabledbutnotreally.org/ (https://disabledbutnotreally.org/)
21 May 2026
Episode 67: Art Aston on Spina Bifida, Building Accessible Playgrounds and Disability Awareness Advocacy
We've featured several people with disabilities who've dedicated their lives to helping the disability community, and Art Aston is one of these selfless individuals. Born with spina bifida in 1981, he grew up in a time when disability awareness was lacking.
Fourty years later, he's changing the way the world sees disability through his foundation Our View, a nonprofit that offers workplace disability awareness trainings, educational assemblies as well as builds accessible playgrounds in the New Jersey area. They also sponsor an adaptive baseball league, the Camden County New Jersey Miracle League, that is open to all disabilities, with volunteers available to assist.
- Follow Art: https://www.instagram.com/artaston81/ (https://www.instagram.com/artaston81/)
- Follow/learn more about Our View: https://our-view.com/ (https://our-view.com/)
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