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12/10/11: Second Life, is it healthy?
Is pretending to be someone else, especially an able-bodied someone, a smart thing if you‘re disabled? Or can the game make it harder to be ok with your disability? Read this blog
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9/8/11: We are the Phoenixes
Its not easy convincing people there is life after disability. Most people can’t imagine it. And when they do, they say they’d rather be dead. Really? You’d rather be worm food than alive? Read this 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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9/7/10: My worst nightmare realized
Ever zoom down the sidewalk and think what would happen if the Earth somehow fell out from underneath you? Well my friends, this nightmare was realized on some poor guy in St. Paul, Minnesota today.
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Iraq vet becomes first enrollee in FDA-approved adult stem cell trial
And Cpl. Matt Cole deserves this opportunity, that’s for sure. He was paralyzed in an insurgent attack in 2005, and has been paralyzed from the chest down since. A New Orleans chef and an amazing fighter, I hope he gets some movement back. Even the tiniest improvement helps.
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Video: It’s my birthday and I can post whatever I want to
It’s my birthday and that means it guilty pleasures time. Because almost no song makes me happier, I’m playing my JAM, “Weak” by SWV. Rock it, SWV. Rock it hard.
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What the Geron stem cell trials mean to a paralyzed girl me
If you’ve glanced at the news lately, it seems the time is nigh for a for a spinal cord injury (SCI) cure. What’s the world buzzing about? The FDA giving Geron (a bio-med corporation in California) the go-ahead to begin the first ever human trials in the United States using embryonic stem cells. Full article…
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Custom Battlebot wheelchairs OMG
What’s a engineer with mad skills supposed to do after his stint on Robot Wars ends (and the rest of the year when he’s not working on his insane fire sculptures for Burning Man)? I know! CREATE BATTLEBOT WHEELCHAIRS. And that’s exactly what Lance “aka Blaster” Greathouse did, from making a fire-spurting gun wheelchair to designing a beautiful gothic chair. His wheelchairs make being unable to walk look cool. And I gotta say, no lie, this is the most amazing line of fantastical wheelchairs I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been writing about custom wheelchairs for years (years!). Here’s a taste of some of the Battlebot-esque wheelchairs from…
