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8/9/11: Dating on Wheels – Returning to the Game
34 years old and a C6 quad, this single father is getting back in the game, and needs a refresher on the latest dating rules.
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8/8/11: Paraplegic featured on Sabado Gigante
Tamara Mena, a model and a paraplegic from a car accident in 2005, was featured on the legendary Univision program Sabado Gigante this past weekend. Read more
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7/31/11: OMG! Air conditioned clothes?
Quads and paras unable to sweat have a new summertime savior thanks to a Japanese invention called Kuchofuko, meaning “air conditioned clothing.” Are you willing to look like a Puffer fish to stay cool? Read this blog
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7/24/11: Why does the news love paralyzed brides?
As a wheelchair-user myself, I love it when women in wheelchairs get married. But is it really THAT big of a deal if they do? Why the abundant recent news coverage over the “paralyzed bachelorette?” Is it a masked pity fest? Read my blog
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7/15/11: Gaga debuts wheelchair mermaid alter ego
Gaga’s latest persona, Yuyi the Mermaid, a wheelchair-using siren with a black tail and donned in a black funeral shroud, is amazing if you ask me, but its pissing some people off too. Read this blog
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7/6/11: Would you exploit yourself to pay the bills?
If a channel produces a show on a pregnant paraplegic with twins, and people pay cable to tune in to watch (gawk), how is that any different from paying $2 to view a pregnant snake lady behind a glass wall? Read the rest of this blog
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Dating on Wheels: Ex-bf words can’t break her bones
After Tori, a paraplegic, and her boyfriend broke up, he just had to send the super mean email.
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Dating on Wheels: Coping with dating discimination
Check out the first entry in my new dating column.
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2/22: L’Oreal breaks mold with amputee model
This may be a first. It was announced last week that renowned Paralympian, actress, and model, Aimee Mullins, a leg double amputee known for her 12 pairs of high-tech legs (some that even make her taller), was chosen by L‘Oreal to be their latest spokesperson. Read more.
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2/9/11: Delta boot reveals dangers of traveling with respirator
When my friend from high school got kicked off a Delta flight while traveling home from New Orleans, I was appalled. The reason? Her respirator.
