Category: disability
We Push Sports
WHEELIE cATHOLIC has started a new blog, We Push Sports (great name!) specifically to highlight wheelchair and adaptive sports.
With the upcoming Paralympics, I hope to help draw attention to the event and those participating in it. If anyone knows a Paralympic athlete who would like to share his/her experiences, let me know. Or if you [...]
Spread the Word to End the Word
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(Full Post)How Politicians Think
Just when you thought politicians couldn’t get anymore unrealistic, Quick Sketch at How to be an Inspiration enlightens you:
We are not, she said, adequately housed. Contact your MP (Member of Parliament), she advised. And, having exhausted other avenues and being very suggestible, that is exactly what we did.
Full entry: Cometh the Man
Separate is not equal
IP at Modus Dopens hits the nail on the head:
There’s a pervasive myth that annoys the hell out of me, and I hope you’ll excuse me while I get it out of my system: it’s the idea that it’s ok for an institution to put in new inaccessible facilities as long as it also [...]
Access-A-Ride in NYC
You have to make a reservation one to two days in advance. That means knowing not only when you’ll be ready to set out, but also where your first stop will be, how long it will last, where your second stop will be, how long that will last, and so on. What if the doctor [...]
(Full Post)Insurance may pay for your wheelchair, unless you need it to go someplace
Haddayr Copley-Woods’ commentary hits it out of the ball park:
The people making decisions that will affect our day-to-day lives are people like Missouri’s junior Democratic senator, Claire McCaskill — who said a few months ago that we could save the government “hundreds of billions of dollars” by not “giving free scooters to Medicare beneficiaries [...]
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