Friday Music: Mark E. Smith and The Fall

The times they are a-changin', just a little, I think. The music news site TwentyFourBit reports : "Taking the stage in a wheelchai...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 #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...

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...

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...

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...

Things that crack me up #44

A disabled access restroom for vikings! Image description: A color photo posted to Flickr by mwboeckmann of a handmade restroom door sign. ...

Yes, it's exactly like Sophie's Choice

From Inside Higher Ed , here's the story of a seven-year-old ADA case against Louisiana's McNeese State University for failure to...

Slumgullion #45

Yeah, I'm still here. I got new eyeglasses this weekend, and while it may take a few days to adjust to the bifocals (!) I hope to be spe...

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...

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Apparently, "wheelchair guy" in Mexico is more interesting than his relative to the north. Image description: Two identical simply...

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...

Cop dumps quadriplegic man out of his wheechair

The story : Police Suspended for Wheelchair Dumping TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Four Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies have been suspended a...