Technology. It makes so much information so easy to obtain. In my opinion, this isn't always good (I need to stop Googling each and every symptom I experience and sending myself into a panic with bizarre self-diagnoses), but for the most part it is extremely beneficial in allowing widespread sharing of useful information. This month we had the opportunity to participate in a live online radio show called Health Radio and use this platform to share important information about exercise and disabilities in the more mainstream world of sports medicine and fitness. If you missed the live show, the interview with our director, Jim Rimmer, that took place on Tuesday, April 7, can be accessed in the archives of the Sports Medicine and Fitness Show (brought to us by the American College of Sports Medicine) at http://www.healthradio.net/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=search&Itemid=&cat_id=158&searchword=James%20Rimmer.

For National Tai Chi Month, I used another popular online tool (YouTube) to find some great video on Tai Chi (and in less than 3 minutes!). Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z130_mxzHzk to watch a video clip of Dr. Zibin Guo from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga discuss and demonstrate Wheelchair Tai Chi.

I know online radio shows and YouTube are probably considered "old" by now, as fast as things progress, but I'm getting on the technology train. I'll be Twittering before you know it!

Send your questions and comments to Blythe Hiss, NCHPAD News Editor, at sbonne2@uic.edu.