A Place in the Choir

Apr 252007
 

David blogs about being a [wheelchair using] singer in the choir. He dissects his director’s evolving view of him eloquently. We’re about to sing in a non-accessible church again; I’m looking forward to the concert immensely despite this. We’re doing Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra. It’s an opportunity to work under a new [...]

Wheelchair Skills

Apr 222007
 

Wheelchair Dancer wows them in Florida by going down 25 steps backwards. Steeeve is riding escalators. I’m doing five miles (on the flat) in less than an hour. Steeeve (get a blog, man!) provided a link to the University of Dalhousie’s Dalhousie University’s Wheelchair Skills Program’s video page. Some of the clips are super basic, [...]

Stand-by, just like a regular person!

Apr 212007
 

I had an exciting experience this week at ABQ (why yes, I do lead an otherwise a boring life …). After a long, difficult 2 week business trip I was scheduled to take the United 7:06 flight from ABQ to DEN. I had slept very little the previous 2 days, and wound up at the [...]

Pictures from space

Apr 202007
 

Our spacecraft: More videos and images: http://www.darpa.mil/orbitalexpress/mission_updates.html http://boeing.com/ids/advanced_systems/orbital/oe_mm/index.html http://boeing.com/ids/advanced_systems/orbital/oe_images.html

Texas Sovereignty

Apr 192007
 

Apparently Texas considers itself above the ADA, but Texas lawmakers Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa and Rep. Mark Strama are trying to fix that: Borel and Todd: It’s time for the Legislature to end discrimination against the disabled Texas could lose immunity from ADA lawsuits soon if bill passes Marathon biker stops in county Thanks to [...]

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