BeautyAbility » Ponderings http://www.beautyability.com/2.0 Part blog, part podcast, BeautyAbility is the place for the hottest info on all things disability, from dating, sex, fashion, and other lifestyle topics, all specifically geared for women with disabilities. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:50:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 theophania79@yahoo.com (BeautyAbility) theophania79@yahoo.com (BeautyAbility) Disability 1440 http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nofreerides_logo3.jpg BeautyAbility http://www.beautyability.com/2.0 144 144 Part blog, part podcast, BeautyAbility is the place for the hottest info on all things disability, from dating, sex, fashion, and other lifestyle topics, all specifically geared for women with disabilities. BeautyAbility BeautyAbility theophania79@yahoo.com no yes 1/23/12: “Push Girls” coming to TV http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2012/01/23/12312-push-girls-coming-to-tv/ http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2012/01/23/12312-push-girls-coming-to-tv/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:31:17 +0000 Tiffiny http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/?p=3005

A new reality show “Push Girls,” featuring four female wheelchair-users, has been green-lighted by the Sundance Channel. The show will change misconceptions of disability and so much more. 

I’m so freaking excited about this show. I’m friends with one of these ladies (Tiphany) and I can guarantee this will make for some good TV, and will do so much to help show the world that we can still be beautiful and sexual. Is it finally happening? To the show’s producer Gay Rosenthal, I give you a cookie.

Read this blog

- Tiff

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From rolling tattoo artists to medical doctors who use wheelchairs, the power of being in a profession the world doesn’t expect is huge.

We can work in any profession if we set our minds to it. Check out my blog here

Tiff

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What does it feel to be on your own two feet after waiting for 5, 10, 15 years? Do you feel like your old self or do you feel like a brand new person? Technology is creating miracles. 

I’ve been inspired by this amazing neurostimulation technology miraculously helping people with spinal cord injuries walk again. Read my blog here

- Tiff

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Is pretending to be someone else, especially an able-bodied someone, a smart thing if you‘re disabled? Or can the game make it harder to be ok with your disability? Read this blog

]]> http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/12/10/121011-second-life-is-it-healthy/feed/ 0 10/29/11: Podcast #79 Under the sea with disabled diver Brian Walker http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/10/29/102911-podcast-ep-79-under-the-sea-with-disabled-diver-brian-walker/ http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/10/29/102911-podcast-ep-79-under-the-sea-with-disabled-diver-brian-walker/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:25:22 +0000 Tiffiny http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/?p=2824

In episode #79 of our disability podcast No Free Rides, Tiffiny is joined by quadriplegic diver Brian Walker, an ex-US Air Force man who’s been on over 40 dives in the past two years.

Tune in as they reveal the best place in the country to get your diving certification if you’re disabled and the equipment you’ll need to dive safely (and without freezing your ass off; a common quad complaint while diving). They also talk about Brian’s incredible neuro implants that help him move his hands again. And then somehow the conversation moves onto the Hooters Casino in Vegas.  A definite must listen.

Listen in the player below (run time is 54 minutes). No Free Rides is sponsored by EasyStand.

- Adapted diving school Diveheart

- The place to buy a 30/30 dry suit (vs. a wet suit) to help you stay warm underwater: Diving Unlimited International

Opening song: “That’s My Number” by Toots and the Maytals

]]> http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/10/29/102911-podcast-ep-79-under-the-sea-with-disabled-diver-brian-walker/feed/ 0 0:00:01 In episode #79 of our disability podcast No Free Rides, Tiffiny is joined by quadriplegic diver Brian Walker, an ex-US Air Force man who’s been on over 40 dives in the past two years. Tune in as they reveal the best place in the country to g[...] In episode #79 of our disability podcast No Free Rides, Tiffiny is joined by quadriplegic diver Brian Walker, an ex-US Air Force man who’s been on over 40 dives in the past two years. Tune in as they reveal the best place in the country to get your diving certification if you’re disabled and the equipment you’ll need to dive safely (and without freezing your ass off; a common quad complaint while diving). They also talk about Brian’s incredible neuro implants that help him move his hands again. And then somehow the conversation moves onto the Hooters Casino in Vegas.  A definite must listen. Listen in the player below (run time is 54 minutes). No Free Rides is sponsored by EasyStand. - Adapted diving school Diveheart - The place to buy a 30/30 dry suit (vs. a wet suit) to help you stay warm underwater: Diving Unlimited International Opening song: “That’s My Number” by Toots and the Maytals Ponderings, Uncategorized theophania79@yahoo.com yes no 9/8/11: We are the Phoenixes http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/09/08/9811-we-are-the-phoenixes/ http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/09/08/9811-we-are-the-phoenixes/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:06:33 +0000 Tiffiny http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/?p=2763

Its not easy convincing people there is life after  disability. Most people can’t imagine it. And when they do, they say  they’d rather be dead. Really? You’d rather be worm food than alive? Read this blog

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Severely paralyzed by ALS, forcing him to live mostly in his mind, Hawking’s advice on dealing with disability is perfection. Read this blog

]]> http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/08/19/81911-the-stephen-hawking-way-to-cope/feed/ 1 8/2/11: Don’t be sad for me, k? http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/08/02/8211-don%e2%80%99t-be-sad-for-me-k/ http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/2011/08/02/8211-don%e2%80%99t-be-sad-for-me-k/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:12:28 +0000 Tiffiny http://www.beautyability.com/2.0/?p=2695

A funny thing happened at a party the other night. While a lot of crazy things happen to me, this one was blog-worthy. It all started innocent enough; met a drunk girl at a Bachelorette party who wanted to know how I  got hurt. Read this blog

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Gaga’s latest persona, Yuyi the Mermaid, a wheelchair-using siren with a black tail and donned in a black funeral shroud, is amazing if you ask me, but its pissing some people off too. Read this blog

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If a channel produces a show on a pregnant paraplegic with twins, and people pay cable to tune in to watch (gawk), how is that any different from paying $2 to view a pregnant snake lady behind a glass wall? Read the rest of this blog

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