When the wheels make the man, part 3

From the Sunday Mail in the UK, we get this headline: Wheelchair pervert David Bennie jailed for decade of child abuse No, the man was not ...

Lame Duck

Image description: A color cartoon drawing of a white duck with George Bush's head and one hand, but a duck bill for a mouth. He's ...

Friday Music Mix Tape

I'm trying something new, thanks to Grace . I did it for me, but then I thought I'd share it. The above image of a cassette tape (wi...

Autism in Minnesota Somali community

I'm spending the day with family, but here's something interesting, controversial and meaty to read "On Autism, Somalis Feels t...

7 Wheelchairs reviewed by NYT

Image description: Color photo of Gary Presley's book cover for "7 Wheelchairs: A Life Beyond Polio." A close-up photo of one ...

Things that crack me up #48

Image description: A color photo posted to Flickr by Trevor Coultart shows a white rectangular sign with the black image of Wheelchair guy ...

New book on Buck v. Bell

Image description: The cover of Lombardo's book shows sepia-toned photographs of two women and an infant. Three Generations, No Imbecile...

Things that crack me up #47

Image description: A color photo of a modern, high-backed wheelchair all in a shade of light gray similar to office computers. The seat pict...

Slumgullion #49

The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal by Californian Jarek Molski on whether he is a "vexatious litigant" no longer a...

Friday Music: Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon would be an appropriate music post on The Gimp Parade because he was a well-known musician with obsessive-compulsive disorder, ...

Action Alert -- Update on Ray Sandford's forced electroshock "therapy"

Image description: A color photo taken by a concerned citizen who visited Ray Sandford after hearing about his forced electroshock treatment...

Things that crack me up #46

Is this cute or disturbing? Image description: A color photo posted to Flickr by geekmama76 of a sign on a restroom at a wildlife park in P...

Sign language in Sia's videos

Sia, an Australian pop singer perhaps best known for her song "Breathe Me" which played during the closing sequence of the Six Fe...

Wheelchairs in modern furniture design

David Pompa , an Austria-based designer, has created a collection of office furniture called Surreal Minimalism that includes eight chairs c...

Still more links

I mentioned these additions in comments to the last link love post, but these blogs deserve their own announcement too: Followed Lingling as...

Disability Blog Carnival #49 at I Hate Stairs

Check out the latest Disability Blog Carnival over at I Hate Stairs where the theme is "Lists." And contribute to the upcoming ca...

When the wheels make the man, part 2

Each incarnation of an ugly news story out of Darwin, Australia, continues to boggle my mind. A 26-year-old man had sex with his disabled, w...

Okay, more link love for blogroll

My friend Amanda asked in comments yesterday if I could point out any cancer blogs because my sidebar blogroll is a bit intimidating in le...

A little bit of link love

My sidebar needs a lot of updating, but here's a start. Ten new links: Amber Tracker Autist's Corner DeafRead Inside the Little Plas...

Forced electroshock in Minnesota

I've copied the following in its entirety from The Trouble with Spikol : URGENT: Forced Electroshock ...

Aging with AIDS

I saw Magic Johnson on Larry King Live last week after Obama's victory. I hadn't seen him in a while and it made me happy to see hi...

Slumgullion #48

Just a few good links. That's all you need, right? Bush cuts outpatient Medicaid services -- You heard about this parting gift from our...

When the wheels make the man

The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California, ran a short story last week with this headline: Wheelchair stabber's sentencing delayed Th...

Paralympics special airs today on NBC

For Americans who didn't have access to what happened at the Beijing Paralympics this summer (and that would be all of us who don't...

Things that crack me up #45

I love me some variations on Wheelchair Guy . Image description: A color photo posted to Flickr by clagnut shows a pale blue spray-paint...

On the language

I want to go back to that acceptance speech Obama gave Tuesday night and how it began: If there is anyone out there who still doubts that Am...

I was looking for this

I Googled "Obama wheelchair" earlier tonight in hopes of perusing pictures of Obama meeting disabled Americans on the campaign tra...