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...