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Author: Tiff
12/10/11: Second Life, is it healthy?
Is pretending to be someone else, especially an able-bodied someone, a smart thing if you‘re disabled? Or can the game make it harder to be ok with your disability? Read this blog
12/8/11: Hip-hop group “Wheelchair Sports Camp”
Check out the jazz-hop trio Wheelchair Sports Camp, fronted by Kalyn Heffernan, a 24 year old woman with osteogenesis imperfecta, slated to be at SXSW 2012. Read this blog
12/6/11: Is TV finally warming up to disabilities for good?
From reality shows to hour long dramas, we’re popping up everywhere, and these are the appearances you should definitely know about. Read this blog
12/3/11: Disability friendly sex worker on film
Aussie sex worker Rachel Wotton exclusively caters to clients with disabilities, and a fascinating documentary has been made on her controversial career. Read this blog
11/23/11: Podcast #80 – The disabled perspective, British style
In episode #80 of our disability podcast No Free Rides, Tiffiny is invited on-air at 104.4 Resonance FM in London to be on the disability podcast, Technical Difficulties. Tim and Tiffiny discuss the differences in being disabled in the US vs the UK.
11/23/11: Cannabis to cure paralysis?
Researchers in Brazil have discovered if injected into a freshly damaged area, it can help nerves heal. Read my blog
11/20/11: Geron abrubtly halts spinal cord research
Geron, the company behind the first Federally funded embryonic stem cell research program, is suddenly bowing out. Read why
11/8/11: Get her on your radar – Maggie Redden
Penn State grad Maggie Redden is a Paralympian and competed in the 2007 Miss New Jersey pageant. Read the blog
11/4/11: The wheelchair purse dilemma
Sick of the world telling you we should only use backpacks? Yeah me too. Read this blog