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11/4/10: Arizona foundation empowering young women with disabilities with fashion, and Kelly Rowland
The Aurora Foundation is a non-profit after my heart. Their mission – “To empower young women with disabilities to access their inherent leadership capacities.” Their sister foundation, disABLED DIVAZ, has an exciting fashion show coming up. They’ve also launched their first ever fashion design competition.
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10/22/2010: Wheelchair tennis star poses nude on cover of ESPN magazine’s Body Issue
Dutch wheelchair tennis athlete Esther Vergeer, 29, has been chosen to grace the cover of ESPN magazine’s 2010 Body Issue. She’s the first woman in a wheelchair to be featured in the magazine’s anticipated issue (which photographs athletes at the top of their game in artfully nude poses). Read more. – Tiffiny, the fashionista paralyzed blogger (bio)
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10/19/10: Groundbreaking mechanical legs to help paraplegics walk again
This cutting-edge personal exoskeleton developed by Berkley Bionics will truly make you feel like the future is now.
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10/12/10: SCI newbie receives first injection in historic FDA-approved embryonic stem cell study
This time has finally come. An undisclosed newly-injured complete paraplegic has been injected with hESCs (human embryonic stem cells) in the USA’s first FDA approved (yet privately funded) treatment using hESCs. Will it work? Of course it will. The real question is when can I (and you) get the treatment.
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10/12/10: Study needs couples with SCI
A study on couples, spinal cord injury, and coping is looking for participants. Complete the online questionnaire and enter to win a $200 Visa gift card.
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10/8/10: Guy in scooter vs. elevator
Watch Darwinism in action.
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9/30/10: New comic hero, a Muslim boy in wheelchair
This is so cool. Read more
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9/21/10: Disability and I Do
Sometimes it’s not the brides who are crazy, but the industry itself. Follow my friend Melissa’s wedding adventures as she manuevers her way through the wedding planning industry, making sure her Cerebral Palsy is nothing more than an inconsequential detail. Her blog: Disability and I Do
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9/13/10: Meet the Queen of wheelchair tennis
Sexy, athletic, and seated. Yes, these three words can go together, and Esther Vergeer, a 29 year old wheelchair tennis phenom from the Netherlands, is the rolling definition of badassery.
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9/9/10: Paying SCI bladder study!
This is for you, spinal cord injured peeps! If you use an intermittent catheter and could use an extra $25 (who couldn’t these days?), check out the following link: Sound Off on Bladder Management.
