Because

Penny tells me it's Peter Dinklage's birthday today: Photo descriptions: There are five photos of Dinklage (My Imaginary Boyfriend)...

Movie review: Testament

In the comments to my review of the movie Tiptoes , Penny mentions a 1983 movie called Testament for it's portrayal of a child with Do...

How fast does that chair go?

Or: "Don't break the speed limit." Ah, the clever things people say to you when you use a wheelchair. In Ben Carpenter's c...

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, ...

Setting the record straight about Jack

The following via email from Steven Drake of Not Dead Yet : In 1993, Jack Kevorkian told Time Magazine , “If they will allow themselves to b...

Poetry: Robert Pinsky

Below is a poem by Robert Pinsky, who served as U.S. Poet Laureate in the late '90s. The new Journal of Literary Disability also has an...

The Huffington Post: Disability advocates should get over it

I've got some other stuff to do tonight, but wanted to share the link . Excerpt: From where I sit, I don't see how compassion in dyi...