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
Tag: Disabilities in the media
Spin 2.0: Zach Anner wins own Oprah network show
Oprah, John Mayer, Daniel Tosh and about 6 million other people love this guy: Zach Anner, the hysterical guy-in-a-wheelchair. Soon his new TV show, Rollin’ Around the World with Zach Anner, may have you feeling the same way.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
12/12/10: New funding available for British Columbians with disabilities
If you have a disability and live in British Columbia, you gotta know about the British Columbia Personal Supports Network. This great organization has new funding to help YOU get the assistive technology you need.
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.
11/19/2010: “Say Yes to the Dress” features gorgeous wheelchair bride
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.