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11/8/11: Get her on your radar – Maggie Redden
Penn State grad Maggie Redden is a Paralympian and competed in the 2007 Miss New Jersey pageant. Read the blog
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10/8/11: More mainstream mobilty ads needed
There’s a serious lack of cool, edgy mainstream TV commercials for mobility products. And the Hoveround ads aren’t helping. Read more
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9/21/11: Let wheelchairs in drive-thrus?
Too dangerous or no big deal? The wheelchairs vs. drive-thru debate heats up. Read more
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8/29/11: Is healing Batgirl wrong?
After DC Comics had the Joker paralyze Batgirl in a 1989 issue, her new persona “Oracle” became the badass disabled character we grew to love. But now DC plans to heal her. Read more
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8/8/11: Paraplegic featured on Sabado Gigante
Tamara Mena, a model and a paraplegic from a car accident in 2005, was featured on the legendary Univision program Sabado Gigante this past weekend. Read more
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7/24/11: Why does the news love paralyzed brides?
As a wheelchair-user myself, I love it when women in wheelchairs get married. But is it really THAT big of a deal if they do? Why the abundant recent news coverage over the “paralyzed bachelorette?” Is it a masked pity fest? Read my blog
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7/15/11: Gaga debuts wheelchair mermaid alter ego
Gaga’s latest persona, Yuyi the Mermaid, a wheelchair-using siren with a black tail and donned in a black funeral shroud, is amazing if you ask me, but its pissing some people off too. Read this blog
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7/6/11: Would you exploit yourself to pay the bills?
If a channel produces a show on a pregnant paraplegic with twins, and people pay cable to tune in to watch (gawk), how is that any different from paying $2 to view a pregnant snake lady behind a glass wall? Read the rest of this blog
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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.
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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.
