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Video: Megadeath wheelchair mosher

Tiffiny — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:52:32 +0000

Hardcore high quad.

Video: Proof hypnotism really works

Tiffiny — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:35:57 +0000

Hey wheelchair-users: Ever wondered if you’d remember you were disabled under hypnosis? Watch this 39 second video to find out.

Podcast 68: Mark Felling, the quad mad scientist returns

Tiffiny — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:47:11 +0000

Tiffiny talks about finally seeing Lady Gaga live, and Mark Felling of Broadened Horizons returns, a quadriplegic engineer who’s created some exciting new products to add to his already stellar line of environmental controls and accessible gaming systems. Mark talks about three new products he’s recently developed, including a very cool door-opening device called The Butler.

21 crazy wheelchairs

Tiffiny — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:25:42 +0000

I’m a sucker for pimptastic wheelchairs. The more gadgets and bling, the better the chair if you ask me. Here’s a kickass compilation of some of the strangest things done to everyone’s favorite mobility device (look for the rhinestone wheels. hawtness). Read more

Beautiful dancer, beautiful message

Tiffiny — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:22:57 +0000

Check out the amazing dancer, Andrea Jerabek, a lifelong dancer and recent amputee (who opted to have it amputated in 2005 after being born with a deformed foot), who incorporates her wheelchair and creates the most beautiful lines you’ve ever seen.

She lives in the Seattle-area performs with the very cool mixed-ability dance studio, Light Motion Dance Company.

Watch Jerabek perform here

Video: Roll into my heart Mr. Leather 2010

Tiffiny — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:46:26 +0000

In case you were dying to know, the diversity glass ceiling was broken in the leather-bound S&M world last May, when Tyler McCormick, a wheelchair-user from New Mexico, won the title of International Mr. Leather 2010. He’s also transgendered and no lie, has perfected the art of mooning from his wheelchair (if Hitler isn’t rolling in his grave right now, he will be soon).

Video: Was this supposed to be offensive?

Tiffiny — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:35:18 +0000

MADD’s latest ad, starring a wheelchair-user.

I don’t know what’s worst – the weak way they portrayed the guy in the wheelchair or the music. I can tell you from 17 years of pretty much what that video insinuates (an injury from an accident), if my best friend hooked up with my ex-bf right after my injury, I’d be doing a lot more than sitting at the window and crying like a fool. MADD needs to figure out a way to get their message across without offending an entire population of people.

AG Video Blog: The Lucy 3+ Way Dress

Tiffiny — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:31:07 +0000

Talk about a garment with multiple personalities. This “dress” can be worn as a top, a strapless top, a halter, a skirt, even a dress, and exemplifies just how fun universal fashion can be.

Iraq vet becomes first enrollee in FDA-approved adult stem cell trial

Tiffiny — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:41:52 +0000

And Cpl. Matt Cole deserves this opportunity, that’s for sure. He was paralyzed in an insurgent attack in 2005, and has been paralyzed from the chest down since. A New Orleans chef and an amazing fighter, I hope he gets some movement back. Even the tiniest improvement helps.

The trials are being conducted by TCA Celluar Therapy, and yes, they’re taking a different path on the controversial stem cell issue (versus the other the current FDA trial using embryonic stem cells getting on the press coverage), and they’re hoping to prove to the world that adult stem cells are truly viable.

Will they succeed? I’ve head adult stem cells are useless from people who actually know what they’re talking about. But for Cpl. Cole’s sake, I hope they’re all wrong. I hope ALL these damned stem cells work, embryonic AND adult. Why not add some variety? I mean, us quads can use all the help we can get. I miss putting my feet in warm sand goshdarnit, kicking jerks in the balls, typing blogs with both hands….ok, enough whining for today.

OMG Funny: “Wheelchair Cat” coming to Comedy Central

Tiffiny — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:22:13 +0000

If you like ballsy felines in wheelchairs who womanize, talk via a mechanical voice, and do lines of cocaine, then the skit, “Wheelchair Cat: Trust Fund Kitty” starring Mr. Stitches, from Nick Swardson’s upcoming Pretend Time (coming to Comedy Central this fall!), is going to make you reeeeally happy.

As a wheelchair-user, I was like OMG when I first saw this. Nick may not be in a wheelchair, but damn he got this humor fucking perfect. No wonder Adam Sandler scooped him up from Minneapolis a few years ago and brought him to LA to write movies with him. And the fake cat body with a real cat head, so the cat really looks like he’s sitting in a wheelchair like a human, is possibly the funniest thing about the skit.

If you’re not familiar with Nick Swardson, he’s best known for his character Terry Bernadino on Reno 911 (gay whore on rollerskates!), and was also the insane Bowie fan in Almost Famous.

Watch!

Wheelchair Cat from Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time – watch more funny videos