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Jennifer Wilding knocks one out of the park…
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board
Here now is a truly, truly beautiful essay—titled “My wheelchair makes me invisible.”
It was written by Toronto’s Jennifer Wilding (who temporarily needs a wheelchair to get around), and originally published in the Globe and Mail and on theglobeandmail.com:
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE: Dozens upon dozens of films involving disabilities…
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Filed under: Uncategorized
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2009 Holiday Gift Guide for People in Wheelchairs
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board
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From the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation comes this very very valuable nugget of information…
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“Don’t play me, pay me!”
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Filed under: Campaign Watch, Themes, Auties & Aspies, Irked Videos
Lizzy Clark, represented by Cinel Gabran Management, was the first child with Asperger's syndrome to play an Asperger's syndrome role in a major television drama.
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A provocative new campaign…after the jump
Give a little bit….
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Filed under: Regular Contributors, Philip Patston, Themes, Tumour Humour, The UpDown Report, Campaign Watch
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….then give a little bit Mo’
As most of you know by now, Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.
Philip Patston is certainly doing his part to raise awareness.
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
SMACKDOWN: Visually impaired gamer sues Sony under the aegis of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Monday, November 16th, 2009Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch
According to gamespot.com, it doesn’t help visually impaired people that some characters in video games “are actually invisible.”
It’s not uncommon for blind gamers to feel invisible in addition to visually impaired. For instance, when gamer Brandon Cole wrote [game developer] THQ a letter suggesting changes to make its Smackdown series of WWE wrestling games more accessible to the blind, he received a form letter back thanking him for his appreciation of the game’s graphics.
But now, one visually impaired gamer has gone beyond simply requesting accessibility features and is demanding them by way of a lawsuit. Last month, disabled gamer Alexander Stern filed suit against Sony, Sony Online Entertainment, and Sony Computer Entertainment America in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The suit alleges that Sony is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to implement features to make its games accessible to visually impaired gamers.
The Americans with Disabilities Act states that, “No individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of public accommodation.”
According to the suit, Sony ignored repeated … Continue reading this article on gamespot.com
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Destination Barcelona: Introducing “Lap Packing” with Craig Grimes
Monday, November 16th, 2009Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board, Irked Videos
We’re very, very intrigued by inclusive travel consultant Craig Grimes‘ Barcelona-based first installments of the YouTube video series “Lap Packing.” We truly hope he continues to make them!
Check out parts 1 and 2 of Lap Packing now:
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Spotlighting Warren Macdonald: Legless Mountain Climber
Friday, November 13th, 2009Filed under: Uncategorized
Warren Macdonald knows a LOT about motivation. He famously (see appearances on Oprah, Larry King Live, Vicki Gabereau, The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, etc) survived a harrowing, agonizing ordeal while mountain climbing, when he was trapped beneath a one-ton boulder in a freak rock fall. Macdonald’s test of will lasted two full days before a helicopter arrived. He was rescued, but the accident cost him both legs.
Ten months after becoming a double above-knee amputee, Macdonald, who currently lives in Vancouver and travels worldwide as a professional speaker, climbed Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain “using a modified wheelchair and the seat of his pants.”
A year later, he traveled through some of the most inhospitable terrain in Australia and climbed Federation Peak.
In winter ‘03, he became the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Africa’s tallest peak, Mt Kilimanjaro (19,222ft).
And more recently, in a mind-bogglingly punishing climb that required more than 2800 pull-ups over 4 days, he made an ascent of America’s tallest cliff face, El Capitan.
He is also the only known above knee amputee to make an ascent of Canada’s landmark frozen waterfall, the 600 ft “Weeping Wall“ in Alberta.
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For more, visit…
warren-macdonald.com
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