Archive for category: Disability

News photo of the year    (2013.02.17)

Oscar Pistorius in court, by Antoine de Ras, who offers superexclusive details on how he got the shot

Guide Dog Users of Canada conference 2012    (2012.10.14)

I was the sole hack in the room for the Guide Dog Users of Canada annual conference

Prosthetic foot with bobspike    (2012.03.18)

Cody Reese’s foot and shoe

Toronto police and fire departments have no plan to help deaf people    (2012.02.12)

Toronto police and fire departments have no plan to deal with deaf people. At all

Lorraine Sommerfeld: Blind teen can fix cars but can’t read article about him    (2011.06.16)

Newsflash, Lorraine Sommerfeld: A teen who can fix cars does not need sighted help to read a newspaper

‑lympic    (2010.07.27)

At the Olympic and Paralympic presser for London 2012, I was the only writer interested in the Paralympics. Spoiler alert: Brian and Robin McKeever are their secret weapon

Clash of worlds    (2010.07.11)

Carl Burnett is a Paralympic alpine skiier and a lexicographer with a degree in linguistics. My kinda guy

Gay producers make the lame walk    (2010.05.24)

When gays on TV act the way Artie on Glee does, we call the show homophobic