About the Blogger

“Wait? I can’t walk? This is bullshit.”

I’m Tiff, the voice of this blog  – a site that highlights the actually interesting side of life with a disability. And I’m allowed to say that. I use a wheelchair (crazy teenage accident/spinal cord injury. C6 to be exact).

Here you’ll find the latest disability news, (my) amusing rants, girly stuff like universal fashion and makeup/beauty advice for women with disabilities, as well as an edgy disability podcast with awesome interviews. It’s called No Free Rides and you should totally check it out. *the archive for this entire blog can be found here*

 

Tiff’s Bio: I was injured in a diving accident at the age of 14, and live in Minneapolis. I’m a freelance writer and have been the SCI Life columnist for New Mobility magazine since 2003. I also host No Free Rides, a Cosmo-esque podcast for women with disabilities.  My mission is to show an exciting, fufilling, and beautiful life doesn’t end just because you have a disability. It really doesn’t.

Other publications my work has been published:  Playgirl (July 2008), Penthouse, Nerve.com, The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Guide, Disaboom.com (fashion article archive), Lovebyrd.com (my dating column, “Tiff’s Corner” can be found here), ModCloth.com (blogs/reviews from a disabled female perspective), Halftheplanet.com, iCan.com, Kids on Wheels, Easystand.com (read my blogs for this disability health-centric site), LegaWear.com (stylying adapted fashion blogs), TopTenREVIEWS.com, Whispers from Heaven, ThisAbled.com, Chloe Magazine (Beauty Editor), and United Spinal’s Action magazine (“Wheelchair Fashion Manifesto” article).

When I’m not busy writing or bitching on my blog, I can be found thrifting, obsessing over Lady Gaga, cutting up my clothes into something crazy awesome, or cooking in my cramped kitchen. Boys beware: I make a mean steak taco.

My videos: I make adapted makeup and beauty videos (oh yes) and they’re all posted on my YouTube channel, which you can find here. Can’t move your fingers but still dream of perfecting your eyeliner? Then these babies are for you! I hope to make more as soon as time allows. Send me your ideas! <3

(email me @ tiffiny@beautyability.com)