1/31/12: Woman moves wheelchair car plant to US
What Stacy Zoern, a lawyer, just pulled off down in Pflugerville, Texas should be on front page of The Wall Street Journal. She just moved a Hungarian wheelchair smart car manufacturer to Texas. Read more
1/28/12: Meet forever rocker Jason Becker
Jason Becker, a rising metal guitarist who at 20 was diagnosed with ALS (he played for Cacophony and the David Lee Roth band in the late 1980’s), refuses to raise the white flag and is still composing music. Read more
1/23/12: “Push Girls” coming to TV
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. Read more
12/31/11: Erasing stereotypes, with your job
From rolling tattoo artists to medical doctors who use wheelchairs, the power of being in a profession the world doesn’t expect is huge. Read more
12/17/11: The Laurent House – 1940′s accessibility by Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned by paralyzed vet William Laurent in 1949 to build this historic 2,500 sq ft home, and now it will become a museum. Read more
12/16/11: Ableism – a term you should know
Ableism, referring to how a lot of people actually feel but would never admit, needs to be taken down. Read more
12/14/11: Paraplegic ready to make historic trek to the South Pole
Grant Korgan, a para from Nevada, is off on a 100 mile trek to the South Pole, where he’ll be sit-skiing 10 miles a day for 10 days straight. If he makes it, he’ll be the first person with paralysis to do so. Read more
12/10/11: Second Life, is it healthy?
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
12/8/11: Hip-hop group “Wheelchair Sports Camp”
Check out the jazz-hop trio Wheelchair Sports Camp, fronted by Kalyn Heffernan, a 24 year old woman with osteogenesis imperfecta, slated to be at SXSW 2012. Read this blog
11/23/11: Cannabis to cure paralysis?
Researchers in Brazil have discovered if injected into a freshly damaged area, it can help nerves heal. Read my blog
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