The recent headline of Saturday’s singer Vanessa White having to perform from a wheelchair got me thinking. Was she embarrassed or did she secretly like the attention? And did she learn anything from the experience? Read the rest of my thoughts here.
– Tiff
There’s nothing more tragic than a broken ballerina. Liu Yan, China’s top dancer, was paralyzed in a fall last August while rehearsing for the Summer Olympics ceremony. What do you think? Is she wrong to not accept her paralysis?
Read my blog on this always controversial subject here
– Tiff
I know Michelle Carston, the quad in this Discovery Health channel show from last year. Watching this show makes a girl think: To get sperminated or not? That is the question.
– Tiff
A thought-provoking ad campaign by California-based wheelchair company, Colours In Motion, is using sexy models (who also have disabilities in real life) to sell their products. Check out the titillating buzz here.
– Tiff
You guys have got to listen to the my latest podcast for Xable. I recorded it last week and interviewed Lyena Strelkoff (over the phone), a T11 paraplegic, who is starring in the one-woman show, Caterpillar Soup. She’s gorgeous, recently married, and one of the most insightful woman with a disability I’ve met.
– Tiff
They may be divorced now, but one of the wealthiest rock stars on the planet – Sir Paul McCartney – picked a one-legged woman to marry out of all the other perfect women in the world. Is this a sign of insanity?
Read my blog on this unlikely pairing here
– Tiffiny, the fashionista paralyzed blogger (bio)
I’ve always wondered why people are so fascinated by the sight of wheelchairs. Aren’t there more interesting things to stare at? Like Richard Simmons in line at KFC? Now there’s something to stare at.
Click here to read my blog on this common human phenomena
– Tiff
You’d think using a wheelchair would totally suck when it comes to the always tricky endeavor of making new friends. And I used to think this way too. But then, not so long ago, I came to the exciting realization that my wheelchair acts as the ultimate people filter…
– Tiff
If this headline sounds a bit sci-fi….well it‘s because the idea originally came from of a beloved sci-fi novel. And now – it’s also close to becoming a reality. We’re finally living in an age where these seemingly bipolar realities are becoming one.
The 411: Monty Reed, a partially paralyzed ex-Army Ranger, got the idea to create a robo-suit to enable people with paralysis walk again after reading Starship Troopers, a classic sci-fi novel written by Robert Heinlein. The story follows soldiers who are given robo-suits, which can carry up to 2,000 lbs. He’s been working on his idea since the mid ‘80s.
– Tiff
And here’s how I school these kids RIGHT (my full Disaboom blog)….
– Tiff
