May 29, 2011

The flyest jacket every wheelchair guy needs

Filed under: Wheelchair fashion — Tiffiny @ 4:14 pm

Can’t walk? You don’t have to sacrifice style. This revolutionary men’s suit jacket from IZ Adaptive is designed for wheelchair-users, helping you channel your inner Rat Pack like nothing else. Read More »

Spin 2.0: Why online rejection doesn’t count

Filed under: Dating on Wheels,Relationships,Wheelchair life — Tiffiny @ 3:18 pm

If there’s an equivalent to kindergarten as an adult, online dating has got to be it.  And if you have a disability, you mine as well just put you‘re a terrorist right in your profile, because that’s how people treat you. Read the rest

May 28, 2011

5/28/11: Podcast #74 – Pregnant on Wheels

Filed under: No Free Rides,Relationships,Uncategorized — Tiffiny @ 7:16 pm

In episode #74 of No Free Rides, Tiffiny talks with the paralyzed and pregnant Mimi Emery, a favorite guest of our show, who’s baby was also fathered by a paraplegic. This baby is going to be amazing. Read More »

May 24, 2011

Spin 2.0: What do you say to strangers?

Filed under: Ponderings,Wheelchair life,WTF?! — Tiffiny @ 2:50 pm

There’s nothing like hanging out at the mall minding your own business, when all of a sudden a complete stranger comes up to you and asks – “What happened to you?” How do you answer? Politely, rudely, are you funny, or do you have a speech memorized? Read the rest

May 22, 2011

Spin 2.0: Fashionistas take on wheelchair fashion

Filed under: Wheelchair fashion — Tiffiny @ 10:23 am

Able-bodied fashionistas were asked to give a new wheelchair-user some outfit suggestions, and some of their recommendations were totally solid. Read my blog

May 13, 2011

Spin 2.0: Wheelchair fashion storefront debuts

Filed under: Uncategorized,Wheelchair fashion — Tiffiny @ 3:10 pm

This may be a first. IZ Adaptive Clothing, one of the few clothing lines in existence that was created with wheelchair-users in mind, has opened a posh new storefront in Toronto, Ontario, giving rolling fashionistas access to one of the most progressive fashion houses ever created. Read the rest

May 9, 2011

Spin 2.0: You win some, lose some at live shows

Filed under: Wheelchair life — Tiffiny @ 11:04 am

When you use a wheelchair, scoring a decent seat at a concert can be a bi-polar affair. At some venues you’re treated like royalty, and at others you’re treated like a reason to call pest control. Read the rest

May 4, 2011

Spin 2.0: Wheelchairs a menace in dance clubs?

Filed under: Disabilities in the media,Wheelchair life,WTF?! — Tiffiny @ 2:01 pm

It never ceases to amaze me how many angry people who exist in this world who see wheelchairs as nothing but a menace to society. When it comes to anywhere that’s crowded, take dance clubs for example, they really don’t think we belong. Read more