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Dave in a wheelchair overlooking a lake

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Grand Tetons, WY

If anyone says you're "confined" to a wheelchair, tell them to go jump in a lake. This one in the Grand Tetons looks nice. And cold.

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Albuquerque, NM

If life piddles in your pool of dreams, don't fret. There's still an ocean of dreams waiting to be explored.

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Dave in forearm crutches near lots of st

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France

Martin Luther King once said, "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."  Well, I can see the whole staircase. Ah HELL nah.

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Mediterranean Sea

When you have a life-altering disease, it can feel at times like you are sinking. You'll be okay. Just put on your life jacket properly. Not like my dad. Jesus.

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Dave in a floating beach wheelchair at C

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Clearwater, FL

Next time someone tells you something is inaccessible because you use a #wheelchair, tell them to pound sand. A whole lotta sand.

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Machu Picchu, Peru

If anyone tells you something is totally impossible because of your disability, politely tell them to go f#$k off. Then make it

happen.

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DON'T MISS

  • There’s often much more to my adventures than the photo alone, so you’ll want to read the captions like this one about a bear scare [PHOTO]

  • Stumbling into accessibility challenges can happen overseas and in your own backyard, even with a simple trash can [PHOTO]

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DIG DEEPER

  • The first year of Instagram posts from 2016 featured zero pics of me but dramatic photos of our travels to the most exotic corners of the world like Vietnam [PHOTO], the Sahara Desert [PHOTO], and Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon [PHOTO]