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I saw the CommentLuv plugin on FWD/Forward and found it intriguing – if you leave a comment, it parses your URL and looks for your last post, and prints out the first phrase. I followed a number of CommentLuv links and found interesting new people...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 4:38 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: blogging

Nordic Sit-Skiing

This weekend I went cross-country sit-skiing for the first time! My friend Sherry, who is a volunteer instructor for the National Sports Center for the Disabled took me to Devil’s Thumb Ranch, near Winter Park. We were met by another NSCD volunteer...

Published Sun, Jan 31 2010 6:45 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports

Exercise and Injury – Be Careful Out There

So I’m at the gym. My trainer wants to add a little challenge to crunches, and asks me if I can scoot up to the wall, put my legs straight up the wall, and do crunches like that. Oh, with a 12 pound medicine ball. I scoot up, I wrassle my legs up...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 8:33 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports

Access-A-Ride in NYC

You have to make a reservation one to two days in advance. That means knowing not only when you’ll be ready to set out, but also where your first stop will be, how long it will last, where your second stop will be, how long that will last, and so on....

Published Sat, Feb 06 2010 1:05 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility, disability

How Not to Avoid the Superbowl

As non-football fans, my husband and I enjoy Superbowl Sunday. Streets are empty, shops are quiet and it’s easy to find a seat in the movie theater. One memorable year (football fans will probably remember which year it was, I don’t), we strolled...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 9:39 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: media

This Bathroom – One More Time

From the Paralyzed Veterans Association of Florida’s Sunshine Spokesman newsletter, a take on my encounter with restroom decor: Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 14 2010 8:59 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility

Exercises for people with MS

A new resource from the Multiple Sclerosis Trust (UK): Exercises for people with MS. When Exercises for people with MS was launched in 2004 it was the first publication designed to build on the evidence that exercise was good for people with MS. It offered...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2010 1:48 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: multiple sclerosis, exercise/sports

Separate is not equal

IP at Modus Dopens hits the nail on the head: There’s a pervasive myth that annoys the hell out of me, and I hope you’ll excuse me while I get it out of my system: it’s the idea that it’s ok for an institution to put in new inaccessible facilities as...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 2:10 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility, disability

How Politicians Think

Just when you thought politicians couldn’t get anymore unrealistic, Quick Sketch at How to be an Inspiration enlightens you: We are not, she said, adequately housed. Contact your MP (Member of Parliament), she advised. And, having exhausted other...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 8:13 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability

Spread the Word to End the Word

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Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 10:13 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability

We Push Sports

WHEELIE cATHOLIC has started a new blog, We Push Sports (great name!) specifically to highlight wheelchair and adaptive sports. With the upcoming Paralympics, I hope to help draw attention to the event and those participating in it. If anyone knows a...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 9:12 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports, disability

US Paralympic Broadcasts

Good news for viewers in the US! In addition to online video available from paralympic.tv, NBC will be broadcasting include a one-hour program recapping the Opening Ceremony on Saturday, March 13 (1-2 p.m. ET) and a two-hour highlights program on Saturday...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 11:04 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports, accessibility, disability

Disabled ‘apartheid’ to end

Shops, hotels and offices will soon be forced to widen corridors, install ramps and renovate toilets under new rules to improve access for the elderly, families with prams and people with disabilities. The federal government will announce minimum access...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 7:21 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility, disability

You Can’t Play

Jen from People Aren’t Broken writes about the many ways people and institutions ensure that she (we) is (are) not able to play: xamples include: intersections with crazy traffic patterns and no audible walk indication board games that I can’t...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 5:53 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility, disability

Women, Paralympic sports, Camp Discovery

From the Vancouver Sun, Women under-represented in Paralympic sports: With all the risk-taking, young men in the world, it’s hard to believe that there are actually more women than men with disabilities. Of course, you wouldn’t know that looking at most...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 1:14 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports, disability

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