https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/01/assisted-suicide-legal-in-montana.html?showComment=1262365683330
Bad Cripple: Assisted Suicide: Legal In Montana
For months I have been expecting the Montana Supreme Court to make assisted suicide legal. On Thursday December 31, this became reality. Mon...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/10/solid-victory-for-obama-on-disability.html?showComment=1224601860000
Bad Cripple: A Solid Victory for Obama on Disability
I did not get to see the entire Presidential debate last night because I was teaching. However, I did listen to most of the debate on my dri...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/04/ableism-and-organ-donation-deadly.html
Bad Cripple: Ableism and Organ Donation: A Deadly Combination
In 1996 Californian Sandra Jensen, age 34, received a heart lung transplant. Jensen had Down Syndrome and was originally informed that heart...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/05/academic-conferences-who-can-afford-to.html?showComment=1274881756265
Bad Cripple: Academic Conferences: Who Can Afford to Attend
For the next week I am on an austerity budget and many pasta meals are will be on the menu. I am good at budgeting my expenses. I rarely spl...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/09/letter-to-young-cripples.html
Bad Cripple: Letter to Young Cripples
Use mass transportation. The fight to insure mass transportation systems were wheelchair accessible was long, arduous and heated. The opposi...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/04/small-but-important-change.html?showComment=1338292243050
Bad Cripple: A Small but Important Change
This morning I was reading A Girl with a Cane, a blog I like very much. I noted she added a widget to her blog Odiogo. I down loaded this an...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-ashley-treatment-rears-its-ugly-head.html?showComment=1403495540696
Bad Cripple: The Ashley Treatment Rears its Ugly Head
I was having a good day until I had an early lunch. As I ate I checked out links on Facebook and came across a link provided by David Carlso...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/04/april-has-been-cruel.html
Bad Cripple: Spring Has My Bones Aching
I have been experiencing a philosophical throbbing ache in the marrow of my bones in recent weeks. The ache is painful. The ache is surely n...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/06/murder-and-hate-crimes-part-ii.html?showComment=1372095215746
Bad Cripple: Murder and Hate Crimes: Part II
Robert Gensiak. Remember that name. I doubt anyone else will in a week or two. Be forewarned the following words will be gruesome. They are ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/02/skiing-at-pico-mountain-with-vermont.html?showComment=1330633298008
Bad Cripple: Skiing at Pico Mountain with Vermont Adaptive
On Saturday I was skiing with two good friends at Pico Mountain. Vermont got real snow, powder in fact, so my timing was perfect. I had the ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2011/02/fate-i-escaped.html?showComment=1298258173257
Bad Cripple: A Fate I Escaped
These last six months have been very hard. First, I was in the hospital and endured two bloody debridements. Second, I was on enforced bed r...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2018/12/thank-you.html?showComment=1544236360247
Bad Cripple: Thank You
The response to my last post, The Abyss, was nothing short of stunning. Dozens of people reached out to me. I received a remarkable number ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/03/choices-for-people-with-disability.html?showComment=1236734040000
Bad Cripple: Choices for People with a Disability
Imagine that you are a 25 year old man: you are single, college educated, and have just started your career. You have an active dating life ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/06/choosing-to-die-has-ramifications.html?showComment=1340583338074
Bad Cripple: Choosing to Die has Ramifications
Last night I read an editorial in the Spokesman-Review by Curtis Johnson. Mr. Johnson has ALS and it is rapidly progressing. He will die in ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009_06_14_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2009-06-14
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/06/cripple-stud.html?showComment=1370783246633
Bad Cripple: Cripple Stud
I am not a cripple stud. I know a lot about being crippled but no one has ever mistaken me for a crippled stud. Cripple studs do exist howev...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/08/alaska-airlines-and-blatant.html?showComment=1369124846853
Bad Cripple: Alaska Airlines and Blatant Discrimination
A few friends sent me emails about a story that has generated online buzz. Multiple stories have appeared in various mainstream news outlets...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-did-not-say-it-but-i-did-think-it.html?showComment=1414413495704
Bad Cripple: I Did Not Say it But I Did Think it.
I like to read various feminist websites. The range of views expressed is remarkable as are the topics of discussion. One website I often re...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008_11_16_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2008-11-16
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014_06_01_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2014-06-01
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2011/02/aapd-oblivious-to-disability.html?showComment=1300321148625
Bad Cripple: AAPD Oblivious to Disability?
I just got an email that truly pissed me off. The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) invited me to the 2011 Gala in Was...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/10/daniel-james-in-uk-news.html?showComment=1224622020000
Bad Cripple: Daniel James in the UK News
The death of Daniel Jones I wrote about yesterday has been officially sent to the Crown Prosecution Service Complex Casework Unit. This spec...
in the ukbad crippledaniel jamesnews
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/08/tara-palmeri-on-service-dogs-misleading.html
Bad Cripple: Tara Palmeri on Service Dogs: Misleading and Problematic
Tara Palmeri is at it again. A second article on service dog abuse appeared in the NY Post today. As with Palmeri's previous article I ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/05/why-i-love-writing-at-bad-cripple.html?showComment=1400820557916
Bad Cripple: Why I love Writing at Bad Cripple
This blog is a labor of love. Given the degree to which most people with a disability are disenfranchised they need access to blogs such as ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-bad-cripple-goes-to-nyc.html
Bad Cripple: A Bad Cripple Goes to NYC
Last month Joseph Fins invited me to talk at Weill Cornell Medical College where he is professor of Medical Ethics. I was somewhat surprised...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2011/05/exoskeleton-as-social-problem.html?showComment=1305658529847
Bad Cripple: Exoskeleton as a Social Problem: The Glorification of Walking
I have written a number of posts about the exoskeleton. This is an invention that simply will not die a peaceful death and go away. I am act...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/09/inequities-and-wheelchair-repair.html?showComment=1474392126283
Bad Cripple: Inequities and Wheelchair Repair
My wheelchair frame is 30 plus years old. I have bad insurance. Bad insurance equals limited coverage. My insurance deems a wheelchair a one...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/08/hate-crimes.html?showComment=1377504321050
Bad Cripple: Hate Crimes
I will assume most people interested in disability rights have heard about the hateful letter sent to the family of a person with Autism tha...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/10/daniel-james-in-uk-news.html?showComment=1224766500000
Bad Cripple: Daniel James in the UK News
The death of Daniel Jones I wrote about yesterday has been officially sent to the Crown Prosecution Service Complex Casework Unit. This spec...
in the ukbad crippledaniel jamesnews
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-failure-of-disability-rights.html
Bad Cripple: The Failure of Disability Rights Movement
I have been active in and around the disability rights movement since 1978. I was paralyzed at age 18--a few months before I was to attend c...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/05/ada-procrastination-and-gas-pumps.html?showComment=1273282845868
Bad Cripple: The ADA, Procrastination and Gas Pumps
I have a stack of final exams on my desk that must be graded. This is serious work with a firm deadline I always meet. Yet I will do almost ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/04/nyc-taxi-service-bloomberg-as-bigot.html?showComment=1370629410626
Bad Cripple: NYC Taxi Service: Bloomberg as Bigot
New York City taxi service is unique and in many cases reflects the culture of the city itself. If you use a wheelchair NYC taxi service is ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/09/media-fails-to-notice-adapt.html?showComment=1222089240000
Bad Cripple: Media Fails to Notice ADAPT
With the stock market plunging and the economy falling apart before our eyes, perhaps this is not the best time to critique the news media. ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/02/skiing-at-pico-mountain-with-vermont.html?showComment=1330629351266
Bad Cripple: Skiing at Pico Mountain with Vermont Adaptive
On Saturday I was skiing with two good friends at Pico Mountain. Vermont got real snow, powder in fact, so my timing was perfect. I had the ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/12/weary-end-of-year-thoughts.html
Bad Cripple: Weary End of the Year Thoughts
I am weary and sad. No doubt this is tied to the holiday season and inevitable end of year retrospection. Another variable is the supposed g...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/04/fear-exists-for-good-reason.html?showComment=1365321145977
Bad Cripple: Fear Exists for a Good Reason
Over the past week I have followed the story of Amanda Baggs via various neurodiversity blogs. Baggs who I mentioned in my 500th post is an ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/10/follow-up-with-delta-and-questions.html?showComment=1383403217820
Bad Cripple: Follow Up With Delta and Questions
I had a long talk with an employee from Delta. Profuse apologies were made and accepted. I am very curious though about one thing. I was tol...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009_07_05_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2009-07-05
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
bad cripple
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/04/nyc-taxi-service-bloomberg-as-bigot.html?showComment=1366580502951
Bad Cripple: NYC Taxi Service: Bloomberg as Bigot
New York City taxi service is unique and in many cases reflects the culture of the city itself. If you use a wheelchair NYC taxi service is ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/06/blatant-discrimination-who-receives.html?showComment=1340567928047
Bad Cripple: Blatant Discrimination: Who Receives Support and Why
Yesterday I read a story about Becky Andrews, a blind woman who was blatantly discriminated against at an Ann Taylor store in Salt Lake Ci...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/12/watch-out.html?showComment=1387857388031
Bad Cripple: Watch Out
Like many others, I struggle during the holiday season. Holiday cheer often creates a time of great stress, family strife, financial stress,...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-did-not-say-it-but-i-did-think-it.html?showComment=1414598475780
Bad Cripple: I Did Not Say it But I Did Think it.
I like to read various feminist websites. The range of views expressed is remarkable as are the topics of discussion. One website I often re...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/05/pistorius-victorious.html
Bad Cripple: Pistorius Victorious
MSNBC, the New York Times, AP and other press outlets are reporting that Oscar Pistorius will be able to compete in the Olympics. Pistorius,...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-being-divorced.html?showComment=1455722827747
Bad Cripple: On Being Divorced
I am 38 years into my post paralysis life. Paralysis is inscribed on my body. Human kind was not meant to be paralyzed. I have the battle sc...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/01/organ-transplants-and-disability.html?showComment=1326931922307
Bad Cripple: Organ Transplants and Disability Discrimination
Disability related blogs are abuzz about a blog entry, Brick Walls, written by Chrissy Rivera. In short, the Children's Hospital of Philadel...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2015_06_07_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2015-06-07
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/01/ashley-treatment-and-parental-update.html
Bad Cripple: Ashley Treatment and the Parental Update
Ashley X parents have updated their blog. I know this because I have read the reactions at two sites: Mysteries and Questions Surrounding th...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/12/piss-on-pity.html?showComment=1270576542841
Bad Cripple: Piss on Pity
The Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science board of governors has voted to honor Jerry Lewis with a special Oscar for his humanitarian wo...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-being-divorced.html?showComment=1455820947378
Bad Cripple: On Being Divorced
I am 38 years into my post paralysis life. Paralysis is inscribed on my body. Human kind was not meant to be paralyzed. I have the battle sc...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2015/10/crawling-off-plane.html?showComment=1447362756015
Bad Cripple: Crawling off a Plane
By now most people will have heard about D'Arcee Neal, who after a flight from San Francisco to Washington DC, decided to crawl off a plane ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/11/baby-rb-miserable-sad-and-pitiful.html?showComment=1257696540715
Bad Cripple: Baby RB: A Miserable, Sad and Pitiful Existence?
A legal battle is taking place in Britain regarding Baby RB. Doctors caring for a child known only as Baby RB is at the center of a life and...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2019/03/traveling-alone-and-tsa.html
Bad Cripple: Traveling Alone and the TSA
Despite having two wounds, last week I traveled from Denver to San Diego. In traveling, I put myself at significant risk for injury. I could...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/09/weekends-are-rough.html?showComment=1284927619857
Bad Cripple: Weekends are Rough
As many know, hospitals hum along during the week. That action comes to a grinding halt on the weekend. Last night was quiet and today will ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/07/protecting-crippled-people.html
Bad Cripple: Protecting Crippled People
I just about spit up my lunch when I read a New York Times story about Oscar Pistorius. As readers of this blog know, Pistorius is a South A...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014_12_07_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2014-12-07
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/06/syracuse-university-spawn-philosophy-of.html?showComment=1402961598759
Bad Cripple: Syracuse University SPAWN: Philosophy of Disability
I am upset. I expected to feel this way today. I am depressed. I also expected to feel this today. It is well out of the norm for me to go ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/11/adaptive-sport-imagery.html?showComment=1226102220000
Bad Cripple: Adaptive Sport Imagery
This Sunday November 9 NBC will broadcast a 90-minute documentary about the 2008 Paralympic Games held in Beijing. The documentary will be n...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/01/dignitas-under-investigation.html?showComment=1232025300000
Bad Cripple: Dignitas Under Investigation
Not Dead Yet noted that British and Swiss newspaper are reporting that Dignitas, the assisted suicide clinic where Daniel James and almost 1...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2011/04/wound-care-update.html?showComment=1302272461278
Bad Cripple: Wound Care Update
I have been getting away from giving updates on my wound. The reason for this is simple: I continue to heal. I have been free of the wound v...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008/10/daniel-james-in-uk-news.html?showComment=1224677640000
Bad Cripple: Daniel James in the UK News
The death of Daniel Jones I wrote about yesterday has been officially sent to the Crown Prosecution Service Complex Casework Unit. This spec...
in the ukbad crippledaniel jamesnews
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/08/another-letter-to-young-cripples.html?showComment=1472135930066
Bad Cripple: Another Letter to Young Cripples
I am disappointed in young cripples. They are not like me. This is good and bad. The good is that thanks to broad based advances in medical ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014_02_16_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2014-02-16
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
bad cripple
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/12/boston-ma-my-opposition-to-assisted.html?showComment=1388442684677
Bad Cripple: Boston, MA: My Opposition to Assisted Suicide Legislation.
T omorrow I am giving testimony before the Massachusetts Legislature Joint Committee on Public Health in opposition to H 1998 which would le...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/01/ashley-treatment-symposium.html?showComment=1233468180000
Bad Cripple: Ashley Treatment Symposium
Yesterday I read an account of a symposium held in Seattle that dealt with the Ashley Treatment or what doctors like to call growth attenuat...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/01/assisted-suicide-legal-in-montana.html?showComment=1262450958879
Bad Cripple: Assisted Suicide: Legal In Montana
For months I have been expecting the Montana Supreme Court to make assisted suicide legal. On Thursday December 31, this became reality. Mon...
bad crippleassisted suicidelegalmontana
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/07/travel-hassles-are-as-needless-one.html?showComment=1375095214539
Bad Cripple: Travel Hassles are as Needless: One Example we Should Follow.
I have spent a lot of time on the road this year. I love to travel and I especially love driving. In fact I noticed that my car, purchased f...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/12/set-backs.html
Bad Cripple: Set Backs
Excuse my silence. I have been set back by computer woes--my ever so reliable well designed Mac has died. Cause of death, kernal panic, some...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/06/i-am-not-alone-bad-cripples-abound.html
Bad Cripple: I am Not Alone: Bad Cripples Abound!
I have written about the dichotomy between being a good cripple and bad cripple. Briefly, a good cripple is always cheery. A good cripple ne...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2015/12/routine-social-degradation.html
Bad Cripple: Routine Social Degradation
I often joke that having a disability is the perfect cure for a big ego. When my head gets too swelled and I think I am hot stuff a stranger...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/09/inspiration-is-misleading-ask-right.html
Bad Cripple: Inspiration is Misleading: Ask the Right Question
Recently an inspiration porn type story has made the rounds. In Florida a football program visited Montford Middle School in Tallahassee. Co...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-disability-blues.html?showComment=1403631331111
Bad Cripple: The Disability Blues
Last academic year was without question the most rewarding of my career. I taught honors students at Syracuse University and gave a series o...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/11/anger-helps.html?showComment=1258042356432
Bad Cripple: Anger Helps
In the Body Silent Robert Murphy wrote about two types of anger. The first, existential anger, involves a pervasive bitterness at one's fate...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2008_09_14_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2008-09-14
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
bad cripple
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/07/presume-competence-and-failure-of.html
Bad Cripple: Presume Competence and the Failure of Education
When I see a person with an obvious disability I always react the same way: There goes a hard ass who has somehow acquired a disability and ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-on-susan-boyle.html?showComment=1240270860000
Bad Cripple: More on Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle has become an overnight sensation. Over 20 million people have watched her performance on Britain's Got Talent. She has been bes...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/10/feminism-and-disability-collide.html?showComment=1381698066150
Bad Cripple: Feminism and Disability Collide
I read the below, Feminists Are Not Responsible For Educating Men, and cannot get these words out of my mind. See http://cwinterfox.wordpre...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014/01/syracuse-university-disability-as-ways.html?showComment=1391385929217
Bad Cripple: Syracuse University: Disability as Ways of Knowing,Part III
Last Fall Stephen Kuusisto and invited Adrienne Asch to speak at Syracuse University. Many of Asch's friends knew she was terminally ill. W...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/04/nyc-taxi-service-bloomberg-as-bigot.html?showComment=1368382108386
Bad Cripple: NYC Taxi Service: Bloomberg as Bigot
New York City taxi service is unique and in many cases reflects the culture of the city itself. If you use a wheelchair NYC taxi service is ...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-being-divorced.html?showComment=1455675428251
Bad Cripple: On Being Divorced
I am 38 years into my post paralysis life. Paralysis is inscribed on my body. Human kind was not meant to be paralyzed. I have the battle sc...
bad crippleon beingdivorced
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2015/10/crawling-off-plane.html?showComment=1447450281656
Bad Cripple: Crawling off a Plane
By now most people will have heard about D'Arcee Neal, who after a flight from San Francisco to Washington DC, decided to crawl off a plane ...
bad cripplecrawlingplane
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/08/hate-crimes.html?showComment=1377440158950
Bad Cripple: Hate Crimes
I will assume most people interested in disability rights have heard about the hateful letter sent to the family of a person with Autism tha...
bad cripplehatecrimes
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/04/nyc-taxi-service-bloomberg-as-bigot.html?showComment=1375736107197
Bad Cripple: NYC Taxi Service: Bloomberg as Bigot
New York City taxi service is unique and in many cases reflects the culture of the city itself. If you use a wheelchair NYC taxi service is ...
bad cripplenyc taxiservicebloombergbigot
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/12/watch-out.html?showComment=1387839036958
Bad Cripple: Watch Out
Like many others, I struggle during the holiday season. Holiday cheer often creates a time of great stress, family strife, financial stress,...
bad cripplewatch
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-am-not-depressed-but.html
Bad Cripple: I am Not Depressed But...
I am certainly not happy. To me, this is a perfectly reasonable response to my current predicament. I have been completely independent since...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2012/04/tedmed-abysmal-transportation-at-great.html?showComment=1334780796025
Bad Cripple: TEDMED: Abysmal Transportation at a Great Conference
The above photograph of a Washington DC trolly bus was the bane of my existence at the TEDMED conference I attended. The conference it...
bad crippletedmedabysmaltransportationgreat
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/07/travel-hassles-are-as-needless-one.html?showComment=1379780486309
Bad Cripple: Travel Hassles are as Needless: One Example we Should Follow.
I have spent a lot of time on the road this year. I love to travel and I especially love driving. In fact I noticed that my car, purchased f...
bad cripple
https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-being-divorced.html?showComment=1455543931773
Bad Cripple: On Being Divorced
I am 38 years into my post paralysis life. Paralysis is inscribed on my body. Human kind was not meant to be paralyzed. I have the battle sc...
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https://badcripple.blogspot.com/2014_11_09_archive.html
Bad Cripple: 2014-11-09
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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Bad Cripple: 2009-01-04
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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Bad Cripple: Watch Out
Like many others, I struggle during the holiday season. Holiday cheer often creates a time of great stress, family strife, financial stress,...
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Bad Cripple: 2014-11-23
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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Bad Cripple: ER Super Crip Almost Gets the Hot Chick
Long ago ER "jumped the shark". Once an engaging drama/soap opera, ER is no longer a popular show. NBC really needs to put this show out of ...
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Bad Cripple: Bioethics and American Society Has Lost It's Way
I have spent much of the weekend reading Tom Koch's book Thieves of Virtue . Koch is about as cranky a scholar as humanly possible. His cran...
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Bad Cripple: An Interesting Ten Days
The last two weeks have been interesting to say the least. Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the New York City area, ...
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Bad Cripple: Barriers to Higher Education Remain the Norm
Two recent reports from abroad have disheartened me. The first, a comprehensive report from the Australian Government, Shut Out, details the...
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Bad Cripple: Bioethics and American Society Has Lost It's Way
I have spent much of the weekend reading Tom Koch's book Thieves of Virtue . Koch is about as cranky a scholar as humanly possible. His cran...
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Bad Cripple: NYC Taxi Service: Bloomberg as Bigot
New York City taxi service is unique and in many cases reflects the culture of the city itself. If you use a wheelchair NYC taxi service is ...
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Bad Cripple: 2013-01-13
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different...
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Bad Cripple: Ashley Treatment Symposium
Yesterday I read an account of a symposium held in Seattle that dealt with the Ashley Treatment or what doctors like to call growth attenuat...
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Bad Cripple: The Disability Blues
Last academic year was without question the most rewarding of my career. I taught honors students at Syracuse University and gave a series o...
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