Things that crack me up #39

Cilla at Big Noise cracks me up. After my last published edition of what afflicts me with the chuckles , Penny at Disability Studies posted...

Things that crack me up #38

Which is more disturbing? That the disabled wheelchair symbol guy is naked or that the nondisabled stick figure guy is not wearing pants? Im...

Things that crack me up #37

This is a the latest of a series at my blog , usually consisting of an amusing visual image about disability. Visual descriptions are meant ...

Nike ad features Paralympian

It hurts me a little bit to post this ad for discussion. I participated in protests at my university when the sports department contracted w...

Friday Music: Boys on Wheels

Since I posted this at The Gimp Parade last June , Boys on Wheels has been a fairly major contributer to my site's daily visitor hit cou...

Things that crack me up, #34

Warning: Someone to gawk at ahead Image description: A roadside warning sign. A white triangular sign with a red boarder has an image of a h...

Remake of the Ramones' song

Direct link to YouTube video here . Visual description: This is a video remake of the classic Ramones song "I Wanna be Sedated" su...

Deaf Karaoke with David Armand

Direct link to YouTube video here . This is a live performance of the song "Torn" by comedian David Armand of The Hollow Men wit...

ADA coverage on The Daily Show

Last Thursday, the anniversary of the signing of the ADA, was noted on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with this clip called "High...

Linguistically disabled?

An article by Mark Aronoff in The Chronicle of Higher Education (available free to nonsubscribers for just a few days) asks the question ...

Things that crack me up, #33

Signs. Doncha always love them signs? Visual description: These three photos from collegehumor.com are about as unpretty as photographs can ...

Disability Blog Carnival #17 at Planet of the Blind

The topic is humor: "Laughter, The Best Medicine." Go, already. The next carnival will be at Retired Waif on Thursday, July 12, w...

Australian academics suspended over criticism of thesis on laughing at the disabled

A short summary of the story from The Courier Mail : TWO academics have been suspended without pay for six months for criticising a thesis w...

Boys on Wheels

Funny or not so much? Direct YouTube link here . The lead singer of Boys on Wheels is Jesper Odelberg and he is a guy with cerebral palsy, ...

Things that crack me up, #28

Photo description: A picture of a woman in a wheelchair taken from several feet behind her. A woman with long flowing almost white-blonde ha...

Some Fred Small lyrics for Ruth

Talking Wheelchair Blues by Fred Small I went for a jog in the city air I met a woman in a wheelchair I said "I'm sorry to see you...

Things that crack me up, #27

Sitemeter Google query o' the day: "how do rodents adapt to dessert"? [sic] How about it? Answers for inquiring minds? As an ...

Is it teh funny? Discuss

Above is a YouTube video clip (link to it on YouTube here ) from the cable comedy show Campus Ladies , an episode where the women research a...

Things that crack me up, #26

The Gimp Parade is the ninth Google result for the search: replacement parts for older japanese vacuums Because, you know, that's what ...

Things that crack me up, #25

Finally, some recognition that we have friends that need venue seating too. Visual description: Two ordinary Western-style toilets, one with...