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1/23/11: Podcast #70: Meaghan Gallagher – making paralysis funny
Our first podcast of 2011 has landed. Listen now to episode #70 of No Free Rides, featuring paralyzed comedian Meaghan Gallagher (sadly no relation to the watermelon smasher guy).
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1/18/11: Check this – Hip hop wheelchair dance troupe
A must-must-must see if you haven’t yet: The Colours ‘N’ Motion hip-hop wheelchair dance troupe. A trio of fearless females who are redefining dancing, transforming what wheelchairs are capable of.
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1/11/11: Hi, this is my blog.
I always get “You don’t look like you should use a wheelchair,” but WTF does that mean?
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1/5/10/: OMG wheelchair stunt
This is Aaron Fotheringham kicking ass and taking names. Just look how the crowd mobs him afterwards? People love it when gimps do crazy shit!
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12/27/10: Swedish wheelchair thieves tracked in snow
You can not make this stuff up. Two thieves in wheelchairs from Helsingborg, Sweden made the lamest escape attempt ever after stealing merchandise from a storage unit. Their tracks were picked up so easily, “We didn’t even need a police dog,” said local authorities.
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12/3/10: High-profile UK columnist enthralls with life as new quadriplegic
Melanie Reid, 52, a popular columnist for The Times, a newspaper in the United Kingdom, is exposing real life with paralysis – her new life – like no one before her.
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11/30/10: Paralyzed bride-to-be is the epitome of class, strength
Rachelle Friedman, a 24 year old woman from Virginia, has shown nothing but strength and class since a prank at her bachelorette party last May resulted in paralysis.
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11/19/2010: “Say Yes to the Dress” features gorgeous wheelchair bride
For my entry on the Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta episode on Lauren Garcia that aired 3/2/12 click here Amazing $4,000 (and over) wedding gowns are standard fare on Say Yes to the Dress, the hugely popular wedding dress shopping reality show. And Kelley Brooks, a gorgeous paraplegic from Tennessee, was the first wheelchair-using bride to be featured on the show.
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11/11/2010: Embryonic stem cell research is in jeopardy, but you can help!
We are facing one of the most important battles in the history of embryonic stem cell research in the United States. If you’re not aware of what’s going on and support ethical embryonic stem cell research, here is the situation.
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11/11/2010: Badass wheelchair dude thwarts robber
Larry Skopnik, a paraplegic from Vancouver, is why you should never underestimate the guy in a wheelchair when robbing a convenience store (if you don’t click on this I don’t know what I’m going to do with you).
