Many of us who have disabilities find it cringe-worthy when people say we are " inspirational ". At the very least, it's stran...

Thumbs Up Chairs and benches evenly distributed all around airport corridors, so you're never more than a few strides away from a p...

Air travel is a hugely revealing experience for people with disabilities. It simultaneously grants us incredible mobility, and  throws our i...

I just set up an online survey on what kinds of features and styles people with disabilities might be looking for in a disability-themed w...

Victoria Williams, "Loose" - "Crazy Mary" Pearl Jam, "Sweet Relief - A Benefit For Victoria Williams" - ...

Last week, Smart Ass Cripple started out unpacking the term "Special Needs", and as usual ended up saying some bigger things than ...

Another thought on "Inspiration Porn" ... 99% of the time, I don't like sentimentality.* "Inspiration Porn" relies...

Large percentages of popular songs are about being a woman or being African-American. There are also some sub-genres of folk music from spec...

I read a post yesterday by one of my Facebook friends, who used the term "Inspiration Porn". She was referring, I believe, to piec...

If you had to sum up the totality of the disability experience, for yourself and the disability community as a whole, in one word, what word...

There is a line, and a few variations on the line, that crops up throughout comedian Tig Notaro's "Tig Notaro: Live" recordi...

As a person with physical disabilities, I am more physically vulnerable than most people, yet it's never seriously occurred to me to o...

Oscar Pistorius tells court how he shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Alex Perry, Time Magazine I am tempted to believe Pistorius' story...