Crip Buzz: November 2015


Claire-Lomas-parkingDIY Parking Space
Frustrated her county was taking its time painting an accessible parking spot at her daughter Maisie’s school, SCI research fundraiser Claire Lomas grabbed a couple of cans of spray paint. “If you want a job done, do it yourself!” tweeted Lomas to her 11,600 followers. Lomas, a fundraiser for spinal cord injury research in the UK, is best known for completing the 2012 London Marathon using a ReWalk robotic exoskeleton.

Lomas’ county government isn’t planning to bring any criminal charges against her and issued this statement: “We would like to apologize for the delay in painting this disabled bay and the inconvenience this has caused Claire and Maisie during the first weeks of the school term.”

Photo by Clark Matthews
Photo by Clark Matthews

Best Use of a ‘Princess Bride’ Quote
“Yo Philadelphia International Airport: You keep using that word ‘accessible.’ I do not think it means what you think it means,” wrote Clark Matthews about this photo he took in Sept. 2014. That widely-shared photo captured frustration from Philly all the way to Israel where it appeared this year with the Hebrew tag Tomer Shinfeld, or, “not just in Israel.”

mad-max-wheelchairSo Shiny and Chrome
Reddit was wowed when engineering student Ben Carpenter, 20, transformed himself into Mad Max and his wheelchair into the “Bloodbag-mobile” for the Tampa Bay Comic Con. “Thank you all so much for all the support and comments!” wrote Carpenter, who has spinal muscular atrophy, on Reddit. “I am utterly speechless at how this cosplay has been spread, and honestly, all I can say is thank you for making this SO SHINY AND CHROME!” Find Carpenter on Reddit under Bensmends or follow him on Twitter at @bloody_ben.


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