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9/21/10: Disability and I Do
Sometimes it’s not the brides who are crazy, but the industry itself. Follow my friend Melissa’s wedding adventures as she manuevers her way through the wedding planning industry, making sure her Cerebral Palsy is nothing more than an inconsequential detail. Her blog: Disability and I Do
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9/13/10: Meet the Queen of wheelchair tennis
Sexy, athletic, and seated. Yes, these three words can go together, and Esther Vergeer, a 29 year old wheelchair tennis phenom from the Netherlands, is the rolling definition of badassery.
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9/2/10: Video: Proof hypnotism really works
Hey wheelchair-users: Ever wondered if you’d remember you were disabled under hypnosis? Watch this 39 second video to find out.
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8/31/10: 21 crazy wheelchairs
I’m a sucker for pimptastic wheelchairs. The more gadgets and bling, the better the chair if you ask me. Here’s a kickass compilation of some of the strangest things done to everyone’s favorite mobility device (look for the rhinestone wheels. hawtness). Read more
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8/30/10: Beautiful dancer, beautiful message
Check out the amazing dancer, Andrea Jerabek, a lifelong dancer and recent amputee (who opted to have it amputated in 2005 after being born with a deformed foot), who incorporates her wheelchair and creates the most beautiful lines you’ve ever seen.
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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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Pledge, help make “Redneck Ninjas” a reality
Out of all the interesting people I’ve met online, Drew Bates is one of my favorites. A quadriplegic (C5, injured on a road trip in 2007), I adore this mouthy Southern boy for multiple reasons: 1) He makes me laugh (hard), 2) He’s foine (vs. fine), AND 3) He’s creative, like professionally creative. He is a voice-over actor and writer, with a super exciting project in the works. But he needs your help! His creation, Redneck Ninjas (think Blue Collar Comedy Tour, animated, and featuring a wacky family instead of whiny men), is an idea he’d LOVE to make into a 60-second short. To make it happen: Help Drew raise $10,000…
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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…
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How Do You Wear Your LegaWear?
This is the first entry in my new, Styling with LegaWear blog series, which is a partnership I’m doing with LegaWear (the Swedish adapted clothing company). It will be an ongoing stream of style entries, with a new outfit added each month. Each blog will feature a garment from LegaWear, and how it can be worked into a fabulous outfit idea. Each outfit will be seasonal, and I promise they’ll be easy-to-recreate (I‘ll try my best) and fashion-forward. Onward now to – The Urban Weekend look.
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Lady Gaga cosplay
Here’s my stab at at the Lady Gaga “Telephone” video costume (the opening prison scene to be exact) for CONvergence (Minneapolis’ annual sci-fi convention). Not bad for a wheelchair girl, right? The dress was orginally a black clubbing dress that I striped using white duct tape. Shades are from Ragstock ($7). Bigger version of costume here
