June 29, 2011

6/30/11: Podcast #75 – Drew Bates: Voice-over actor, storyteller, aims high

Filed under: No Free Rides,Relationships — Tiffiny @ 4:13 pm

In episode #75 of No Free Rides, Tiffiny has on Drew Bates, a voice-over actor and story-teller, paralyzed in 2007, and the mind behind Redneck Ninjas, a cartoon with talks on landing on the Cartoon Network. Exciting stuff! Read More »

Spin 2.0: Accidentally accessible fashion trends

Filed under: Wheelchair fashion — Tiffiny @ 12:44 pm

Flats, stretchy skirts and long tank tops are the best fashion trends to ever come around for wheelchair-users, and here’s why. Read my blog here

June 22, 2011

Spin 2.0: Wheelchairs banned from trying on wedding dresses

Filed under: Disabilities in the media,Wheelchair life,WTF?! — Tiffiny @ 3:23 pm

An inaccessible bridal shop in Michigan has gone so far as to ban wheelchairs from their dressing rooms, worried the wheels may damage the dresses. Stephanie Nash, a wheelchair-user, and her cohorts are calling this shop out on their bullshit, and for good reason. Read the rest

June 21, 2011

Spin 2.0: Rolling Elephants wheelchair jeans

Filed under: Wheelchair fashion — Tiffiny @ 5:48 pm

Rolling Elephants is the latest wheelchair jeans manufacturer to hit the scene, offering a more rugged look that harkens to the site’s roots in rural Germany. Read the rest

June 14, 2011

Spin 2.0: HBO’s “Game of Thrones” includes a character with paralysis

Filed under: Disabilities in the media — Tiffiny @ 12:30 pm
If you’re not watching Game of Thrones yet, you are missing out on one of the best TV shows currently on-air. And the really exciting thing about this show is that it touches on paralysis in a fantsay world setting. Note: Blog may contain spoilers. Read my blog

June 10, 2011

Spin 2.0: Wheelchair assassin film in the works

Filed under: Disabilities in the media,Wheelchair life — Tiffiny @ 5:41 pm

When was the last time a you’ve seen a movie starring two female wheelchair-users? That is why Collision, starring Tiffany Giddes and Teal Sherer, both paraplegics, a film about wheelchair assassins, needs to be made. Read more

June 1, 2011

Dating on Wheels: How to approach a woman in a wheelchair

Filed under: Dating on Wheels,Relationships — Tiffiny @ 5:06 pm

Ever wanted to approach a woman in a wheelchair, but didn’t know what to say? So did he. Read More »