When the wheels make the man, part 7

From newsday.com , we get this headline: Woman accused in wheelchair death faces homicide charge Yeah. The death was actually that of a huma...

When the wheels make the man, part 6

For the first time in this series, the wheelchair makes the woman instead of the man. Not really an improvement. From the Australia Courier...

When the wheels make the man, part 5

From Dayton, Ohio, a man who uses a wheelchair burgles a restaurant four times in one week. Naturally, the headline about it reads : Wheelch...

Things that crack me up #51

Image description: A color photo of a nice little sign for restrooms showing a female figure, Wheelchair Dude (I consider "Dude" g...

Things that crack me up #50

Image description : A color photo of a sign that has Wheelchair Dude and several other access symbols in a row above writing in an Asian lan...

Tomorrow is Wednesday again

It's also International Human Rights Day. Wednesday is, you may remember , the day on which, most weeks, Ray Sandford of Columbia Heigh...

New books on theology and disability

I haven't read a book on disability and religion since The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability by Nancy Eiesland ...

Friday Music: Neil Young

Image description: From 2007, a color photo of Neil Young from the waist up. He's giving the peace sign while standing at a microphone d...

Call for submissions on feminism, disability & activism

From the f word : The Feminist Activist Forum is calling for submissions for a zine on feminism, disability and activism: Disability has b...

When the wheels make the man, part 4

Out of Spokane, Washington, news of a man who uses a wheelchair falsely reporting being assaulted. The Washington state TV station KXLY offe...

Things that crack me up #49

Wheelchair Guy becomes an astronaut. The photo from failblog.com shows a parking space with Wheelchair Guy, the international symbol of acc...

Korean girl still to be cared for by family of rapists

Here's the story in its entirety from The Korea Times , the only English-language, non-blogger source I could find for it: Court Ruling...

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...