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| Url: | http://sevenwheelchairs.blogspot.com |
| Author(s): | Gary Presley |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | disability awareness, disability rights, writing memoir |
| Description: | The blog of the author of Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio --"A memoir about living boob-high to the world ... A raw, unvarnished saga, sizzling with sarcasm and acerbic wit ... Filled with ironic, perceptive, beautiful prose ... " |
| Ratings |  (4 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 16 Followers |
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Modern Love: Another Reaction
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By Carol VanHookA teacher in our school has adopted “A Day in a Wheelchair” and is providing a couple of wheelchairs per day for staff and later, students, to “break from comfortable routine, the ...more |
2009-12-04
"We All Need a Sappy Story ... ?"
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image from WikipediaA comment on Modern Love from Voulez-vous and Tigger Too ..."I love this story, Reader's Diges |
2009-12-03
"I'm Crippled, Not Disabled!"
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Illustration of Quasimodo from WikipediaI have been surprised by some of the reaction to an essay of mine that appeared in the Sunday, November 29, 2009, issue of The New York Times.The essay came ...more |
2009-12-02
Modern Love in the New York Times
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An essay, which is an expansion of an anecdote in my memoir (Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio) appeared in the Sunday, November 29, 2009, issue of The New York Times. |
2009-11-30
Guest Post: "Home Sweet Home"
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ADAPT Supports the Community Choice Act!“Home Sweet Home”By Joy Caldwell“Home, sweet home.” What does this phrase mean to you? What kind of feelings does it stir inside? The feelings and thoughts a...more |
2009-11-25
Just Food: A Book Review
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I had the good luck to be assigned James McWilliams' Just Food for a review in this month's Internet Review of Books. It's a superbly argued thesis advocating a thorough rethinking of how human bei...more |
2009-11-16
An Interesting Contretemps ...
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The story begins ..."Glee" wheelchair episode hits bump with disabledBy LYNN ELBER (AP)LOS ANGELES — The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of "Proud Mary" and in joyful solidari...more |
2009-11-12
Congratulating Peter Singer
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There is an article in The Daily Princetonian celebrating Peter Singer's ten year anniversary at that institution. Of no special import, this article, other than it accused one of the groups leadin...more |
2009-10-27
One Small Step for the Wheelchair Bound
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The issue of the so-called "Dignity Wheelchair" came up for discussion about people with disabilities who can sometimes influence the media. One person took action, Brewster Thackeray, AARP's Disab...more |
2009-10-25
An Undignified Observation
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I keep a Google Alert running for "confined to a wheelchair" and "wheelchair bound" simply because [1] I don't like the terms and [2] I am curious about how they are still used in the English lang...more |
2009-10-24
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