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
Category: Blog
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: Why we work on reality shows
Why, after all the years, are we finally being accepted on reality shows? Read more
Spin 2.0: Dressing trendy to fight stereotypes
If my daily clothes routine only included sweat pants, basic shirts and non-descript white tennis shoes – the PT recommend outfit of shame – if the average person took one look at me in my wheelchair, I’d be done for. Read more
Spin 2.0: The bizarre amputee pet trend
Trends in this world can sometimes be like a bad LSD trip. Fake orange tans, Furbees and Kim Kardashian exemplify my point perfectly. And the growing trend of having a pet with missing limbs is without a doubt the weirdest trend I‘ve yet to live through. 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 vehicle gets $50 million loan
I am happy, nay THRILLED, to announce that the MV-1, a wheelchair accessible vehicle that looks like a morphed SUV/van with an extra wide ramp, has been given $50 million by the Department of Energy. Read more
Spin 2.0: A spoon in my candy bowl
When you have a disability, you’ll find a lot of things aren’t as easy, but the pure unadulterated joy of consuming candy shouldn’t be one of them. Read the rest
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