Allen Rucker - The Best Seat in the House
One morning, life started anew for award winning TV producer, best selling author and humorist Allen Rucker. “Like the day Elvis died or O.J. was acquitted,” he says, “the Tuesday you wake up paralyzed is not a day you soon forget.” His rare condition, transverse myelitis, diagnosed more than a decade ago, is one in which the immune system mistakes the spinal chord as the enemy and attacks it. In an account of his life after that fateful Tuesday that Ben Stein calls “uniquely honest, insightful, moving, and uplifting,” and Jimmy Kimmel adds, “heartbreakingly funny,” Rucker shows us how he forged a whole new way of seeing the world and lived to tell the tale.

“Rucker has you laughing and crying at his exploits…he has you right in his head…
— Philadelphia Inquirer

Allen Rucker describes his new life with honesty, accessibility and impudence...very funny.
— Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio

A visiting lecturer at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Rucker has spoken widely since The Best Seat In The House was released in January, 07, including engagements at Stanford University, Vanderbilt University, and the Integris Jim Thorpe Rehab Hospital in Oklahoma City, and upcoming events at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehab Center and Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee. Dr. A.E. Moord, director of Jim Thorpe, said of his visit: “Mr. Rucker’s message and down-to-earth sense of humor made a deep connection with both patients and staff.”

“…His message was inspiring, and I truly believed Allen reached out and made a connection with many of our patients as he shared his experiences…It was through his down-to-earth humor that he bridged some of the anxieties surrounding disabling conditions such as his…we all grew from this experience…”

Phil Lance, CHE, Vice-President, Ancillary Services
Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital

“….I greatly admire and respect Allen for his courageous work…He so honest and candid in exposing his vulnerabilities, his confusion, his anxiety, his self-doubts, as well as the very difficult work that goes into finding meaning in one’s life after losing so much….I know there are many who have tried to communicate how TM has so profoundly and dramatically changed your life – consider Allen’s book as the message you’ve been trying to share…”

Sandy Siegel, President,
The Tranverse Myelitis Association

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Ricky James - Whoop-dedoo to Paraplegia
Motocross accident changed his physical being but not his spirit. Jamie is only a hand full of SCI riders in the world that has modified a dirt bike and gets strapped on to ride the air-jumping, pinned turning, whoopdedoo motocross tracks indoor or out.

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