Archive for category: Disability

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

Stoked on Mandeville    (2010.05.20)

I’m the guy who really likes the new London 2010 mascots, Mandeville and Wenlock. Yes, I’m the one!

Half-blind musclebear hauls in medals    (2009.11.14)

Steven Holcomb had no trouble driving a bobsleigh while half-blind. So what’s everybody else’s problem?

Surprising disability data    (2008.08.07)

Three-quarters of deaf people don’t have caption decoders? What?

Thrice-simulated blindness    (2007.03.13)

Three guys! With three guide dogs!

De facto Deaf Week    (2006.05.10)

TIDFAF and Mayfest, both in one week. Why, it’s deaf-rific!

Working girls must have a certificate    (2006.04.19)

Apart from mixing Arial and Helvetica, this sign asserts that Working Dogs Must Have A Certificate.

A Certificate from what? Community college? If I’m blind and I walk in with a guide dog, I’m blind and that’s my guide dog, OK?

The mayor in the chair    (2005.11.21)

The new mayor-elect of Vancouver is a quadriplegic in a power chair