By Jane Hash, The Mobility Resource Images of people with disabilities are finally starting to appear on regularly scheduled television shows. Fir...
On October 15, 2000, Tiphany Adams, then a high-school senior in Northern California, was a passenger in a car that was hit head-on by a drunk driver ...
I just can't stand the idea of being labeled. Yeah, I know we all do it. It is just an easy way to define people. As I live with paralysis, I realize that labels are more confining than my wheelchair.
On May 2, 1992, professional hip-hop dancer Auti Angel was on the verge of signing a recording contract with Columbia Records. The next day, her spina...
I've been fortunate to find open-minded individuals who realized even though I use a wheelchair, I work just as hard as anybody else. My hope is that some day, business owners will not have to know someone personally to care about making their environment accessible.
When she was 15 years old, Mia Schaikewitz was a competitive swimmer in Atlanta. Suddenly one night she found that she couldn't move her legs. Twelve ...
Like a lot of childless women in their 40s, I hear my biological clock ticking and am thinking about starting a family with my husband. Unlike a lot of my fellow mothers-to-be, I'm paraplegic.
On September 2, 2001, Angela Rockwood was a successful model preparing to marry her fiancé and soul mate, actor Dustin Nguyen. One day later, a car a...
When dancer Auti Angel was 22 and on the verge of signing a record deal, a car accident nearly stole her show-business dream. "A car clipped the front...
The reality show format has proven itself as a mesmerizing vehicle for examining life's vicissitudes. Push Girls offers a glimpse into a world that may have been eh, pushed aside.
Waiting sucks, but we're pleased to report that the wait is finally over for the new season of "True Blood," which premieres Sunday, June 10 at 9 p.m....
"Push Girls," a reality show about five attractive women in wheelchairs, is likely to engender a number of reactions in viewers, not all of them helpf...
* Sundance Channel doc looks at lives of feisty women * Nothing off limits for inspiring series * Producer hopes series ...
Between cut-throat competition on "The Voice," the return of "Revenge" and four premieres (including the highly-anticipated "Veep"), this week in TV i...
For the four paralyzed women starring in a new reality series, the show is about pushing right through stereotypes, disappointments and career obstacl...
