When was the last time a you’ve seen a movie starring two female wheelchair-users? That is why Collision, starring Tiffany Giddes and Teal Sherer, both paraplegics, a film about wheelchair assassins, needs to be made. Read more
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Spin 2.0: Why online rejection doesn’t count
If there’s an equivalent to kindergarten as an adult, online dating has got to be it. And if you have a disability, you mine as well just put you‘re a terrorist right in your profile, because that’s how people treat you. Read the rest
Spin 2.0: What do you say to strangers?
There’s nothing like hanging out at the mall minding your own business, when all of a sudden a complete stranger comes up to you and asks – “What happened to you?” How do you answer? Politely, rudely, are you funny, or do you have a speech memorized? Read the rest
Spin 2.0: You win some, lose some at live shows
When you use a wheelchair, scoring a decent seat at a concert can be a bi-polar affair. At some venues you’re treated like royalty, and at others you’re treated like a reason to call pest control. Read the rest
Spin 2.0: Wheelchairs a menace in dance clubs?
It never ceases to amaze me how many angry people who exist in this world who see wheelchairs as nothing but a menace to society. When it comes to anywhere that’s crowded, take dance clubs for example, they really don’t think we belong. Read more
Spin 2.0: Don’t take the little girl
Today I woke up in a foul mood. I awoke bemoaning my current health woes – annoying bladder sediment causing heavy autonomic dysreflexia, and I barely slept because of the pain. I was not happy. Read more
Spin 2.0: Does marriage without a license satisfy?
Its not unheard of in the disability community for couples who want to get married, to bypass the official license, and just have the religious ceremony. Getting married in the eyes of the US government means you’ll lose benefits…read more
Spin 2.0: Wheelchair boxing is calling my name
When you can only move half the muscles in your arms and nothing more, exercising them in such a way that a) isn’t tiring right away and b) can still produce an effective workout, is like the Holy Grail for quads. Read more
Spin 2.0: Time to jump the exo-train?
For cure-purists, some still think exoskeletons are the wrong direction we should be going in, but what if this is as good as it gets? Read more
Spin 2.0: Zach Anner wins own Oprah network show
Oprah, John Mayer, Daniel Tosh and about 6 million other people love this guy: Zach Anner, the hysterical guy-in-a-wheelchair. Soon his new TV show, Rollin’ Around the World with Zach Anner, may have you feeling the same way.