On today's episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", we are on the road at the Chicago Abilities Expo!

On this episode, Christopher speaks with:

- 10 year old stroke survivor, Aidan

- Taylor D'Agostino and her mom Jenny. Taylor suffered a spinal cord injury after a horseback riding accident and shares her insight on never giving up!

- 12 year old stroke survivor, Dawson

- Mark Wellman, a paraplegic who climbed El Capitan and now helps others climb the mountains in their life

- Brandon Rotbart, an attorney who specializes in ADA enforcement. Rotbart Law, 305-350-7400.

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"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing.

Join us for our weekly online stroke support group meetings! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico!

For more information, just go to www.TheStrokeChannel.TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

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On today's episode of "Life After Stroke", we are on the road at the New York Metro Abilities Expo!

Important links from this episode:

- Mathney www.matheny.org

- Katy Roberts, Managing Director, Abilities Expo & Accessibility Conference, www.abilities.com

- Dave Segal, Founder, Chief Innovation Officer, Naqi Logix, www.naqilogix.com

- Daniel Trush, Co-Founder & President, Daniel's Music Foundation, www.danielsmusic.org

- Olivia Grace, Grace on Wheels, www.grace-on-wheels.com

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"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing.

Join us for our weekly online stroke support group meetings! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico!

For more information, just go to www.TheStrokeChannel.TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

Support the show

The "Life After Stroke" podcast is back with a new episodes!

On today's episode of "Life After Stroke", we are on the road at the Abilities Expo in Los Angeles!

Important links from this episode:

- Binh from the Dept. of Rehabilitation

www.dor.ca.gov

- Books by Richard Cooks

www.prolevelentertainment.org

- The Bottle Station

www.thebottlestation.com

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"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing.

Join us for our weekly online stroke support group meetings! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico!

For more information, just go to www.TheStrokeChannel.TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

Support the show

The "Life After Stroke" podcast is back with a new episodes!

In this episode of "Life After Stroke", host Christopher Ewing launches a special 3-part series called "Stroke 101", where he interviews doctors, therapists and more, who take us through the entire journey of stroke; from its initial onset, to what someone can do to best recover from a stroke. If you have had a stroke, or you know someone who has, this special series of episodes will try to answer any questions that you may have about stroke and how to move forward towards recovery.

In today's episode of "Life After Stroke", we speak with Dr. Robert Darflinger, a neurointerventional surgeon who specializes in stroke. He will explain to us exactly what happens in the brain when someone is having a stroke, as well as some of the techniques surgeons use everyday to help save the life of someone who is having a stroke. Other topics covered in this special "Stroke 101" series include: what happens when a stroke survivor is sent to a rehab hospital, what to expect when a stroke survivor is finally released from the hospital and sent home, and more. This is a very informative series that you won't want to miss!


"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing.

Join us for our weekly online stroke support group meetings! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Be sure to download The Stroke Channel TV app, FREE in the Google Play and iTunes App stores! Also, The Stroke Channel is now on television on Roku and Amazon Fire TV! Roku and Amazon Fire TV are the leading television platforms seen in millions of households around the world! So for news, information, therapeutic exercises, entertainment and more, all centered on Stroke, be sure to tune into The Stroke Channel, now on Roku and Amazon Fire TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", October 30 to November 3, 2023 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico!

For more information, just go to www.TheStrokeChannel.TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

Support the show

The "Life After Stroke" podcast is back with a new series of episodes!

In this first episode of the 2023 season is an episode featuring stroke survivors from across the country who participate in our weekly online support group. They share the details of their stroke, as well as offer advice to those who may be new to stroke.

"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Be sure to download The Stroke Channel TV app, FREE in the Google Play and iTunes App stores! Also, The Stroke Channel is now on television on Roku and Amazon Fire TV! Roku and Amazon Fire TV are the leading television platforms seen in millions of households around the world! So for news, information, therapeutic exercises, entertainment and more, all centered on Stroke, be sure to tune into The Stroke Channel, now on Roku and Amazon Fire TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

Support the show

In this episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", caregivers share what it's like caring for a loved one who has had a stroke.

"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Be sure to download The Stroke Channel TV app, FREE in the Google Play and iTunes App stores! Also, The Stroke Channel is now on television on Roku and Amazon Fire TV! Roku and Amazon Fire TV are the leading television platforms seen in millions of households around the world! So for news, information, therapeutic exercises, entertainment and more, all centered on Stroke, be sure to tune into The Stroke Channel, now on Roku and Amazon Fire TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

Support the show

In this special edition of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with a team of doctors from the US and Canada who, individually, began to notice troubling anomalies in stroke patients in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to reach out to each other to discuss and compare their alarming concerns.

The guests on this episode are some of the leading doctors in the area of stroke. They are:

- Dr. Andrew Xavier, a pioneer in the field of Vascular and Interventional Neurology

- Dr. Priyank Khandelwal, Assistant Professor of Neurological surgery and Neurology At University Hospital in Newark, NJ

- Dr. Adam Dmytriw at the University of Toronto, whose training includes the University of Oxford in the UK, Harvard University, and more.

- Dr. Ambooj Tiwari, a stroke neurologist and Neurointerventional radiologist and surgeon, whose specific interest is in the endovascular management and treatment of patients with stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, AVM and aneurysms.

Important topics covered by the doctors in this episode include:

- the alarming increase of strokes among people in their 30s and 40s as a result of the coronavirus

- the increase of illness in young children due to COVID-19, when it was originally thought that the virus does not affect kids

- the life-threatening impact that COVID-19 appears to have on blood vessels during stroke surgery

- why is "social distancing" and a worldwide shutdown necessary for COVID-19 when it wasn't necessary for SARS and MERS?

- the sobering truth that a vaccine may never be developed that can fight the COVID-19 virus

And much, much more. This is, truly, a "must hear" interview!


"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Be sure to download The Stroke Channel TV app, FREE in the Google Play and iTunes App stores! Also, The Stroke Channel is now on television on Roku and Amazon Fire TV! Roku and Amazon Fire TV are the leading television platforms seen in millions of households around the world! So for news, information, therapeutic exercises, entertainment and more, all centered on Stroke, be sure to tune into The Stroke Channel, now on Roku and Amazon Fire TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

Support the show

On this special episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with Dr. Mitchell Elkind, vascular neurologist, Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University, and President-Elect of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, on the topic of the COVID-19 virus and how it relates to stroke survivors.

Important questions covered in this episode include:

- Is having had a stroke in the past considered a "pre-existing condition" that puts a stroke survivor at greater risk should they catch the virus?

- Can catching COVID-19 cause a stroke?

- If we feel like we are having symptoms of a stroke, is it even safe to go to the hospital during the pandemic?

- What additional precautions should a stroke survivor take during this pandemic?

And much, much more. This is a "must hear" interview, especially if you are a stroke survivor, or their caregiver.

"Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up!

“Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping people reach their goals in life. For more information, or to make a donation, just go to www.hangontothedream.org.

Be sure to download The Stroke Channel TV app, FREE in the Google Play and iTunes App stores! Also, The Stroke Channel is now on television on Roku and Amazon Fire TV! Roku and Amazon Fire TV are the leading television platforms seen in millions of households around the world! So for news, information, therapeutic exercises, entertainment and more, all centered on Stroke, be sure to tune into The Stroke Channel, now on Roku and Amazon Fire TV!

Join stroke survivors from across the country and around the world during the “3rd Annual Life After Stroke Support Group Cruise", November 3 to November 7, 2025 aboard Royal Caribbean’s beautiful Navigator of the Seas ship, leaving round trip from Los Angeles, California, making port stops to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info!

Support the show