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Wheelchair Clothes: Where to Shop for Adapted Fashion
The world of wheelchair clothes, or adapted fashion, is getting really awesome lately. A slew of new companies is creating some outstanding garments, and I can’t help but get excited over the choices. There’s nothing more satisfying than a wheelchair clothes company that not only creates adapted clothing, but gets it right. More…
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Eye-tracker allows paralyzed graffiti artist to draw again
These eye-movement tracking eyeglasses are helping LA-based graffiti artist, Tony Quan, who has late stages ALS, still put his art on buildings, even from his hospital room.
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Is adversity hastening human evolution?
Aimee Mullins, a double amputee, has modeled for Alexander McQueen, broken running records, and is now challenging the way we look at adversity.
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Department store breaks mold with plus-size, petite and disabled models
And why the British are now considered the leader in pushing mass media boundaries, not the USA.
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Darcy Pohland, quadriplegic TV news reporter, will be missed
She was a street reporter working in the harsh Minnesota elements for years, and never let that fact that couldn’t walk stop her from getting the big story. She was also my friend. Read more about this amazing woman
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Floor-buffing wheelchair new low in offensive inventions
Japan aims to make people in wheelchairs more useful by creating a floor-buffing and cleaning wheelchair. I like wheelchair snowplows, but for some reason this pisses me off. I think it’s because the person in the wheelchair has absolutely no control of it. Talk about an invalid-ey feeling. – Tiff
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Not dead yet, and still receiving gifts
Having Pneumonia for 10 days this month was by far the scariest health thing I’ve experienced since breaking my neck in 1993. Thanks to massive antibiotics and figuring out how to cough using my knee, I beat it. So check this, upon coming home here’s an awesome Bowie stencil I received as a Welcome Home gift: I’ve always loved this older photograph of the legendary Mr. Bowie. February lessons: 1) I CAN beat Pnemonia as a C6 quad despite the odds being against me. 2) Homemade gifts are awesome. Don’t ever think life with a spinal cord injury gets dull. It never does. And never forget how good it feels to breathe. – Tiff
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Quadriplegic researching erotic energy for healing
Rafe Briggs is the man. His research explores new ways to experience erotic energy, nervous system be damned. And his blog is HOT. Read all about this sexual revolutionary here. – Tiff
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One of my YouTube videos
It took me a solid 10 years to perfect my makeup routine with paralyzed hands. Here’s how I do it. – Tiff
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Wow makeup!
My favorite non-famous YouTube makeup artist – Kandee Johnson – has a video on shading your double chin/flabby under-the-chin skin and minimizing it; and **omgz** it really works. All you need is a foundation that’s a few shades darker than what you’d usually use and a long-handled brush for easy application. Paint on a triangular area of the makeup underneath your chin entirely, with proper blending on the edges so it looks natural. The darker shade almost perfectly mimics a shadow, and really does hide the area to a certain degree, highlighting your jawbone instead.
