Matthew Johnston, a wheelchair user with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, harnesses a distinct love for scuba diving. Ocean Opportunity helped turn his dream of exploring the deep sea into a reality, and after 3 years of hard work, Matthew achieved his…
Shannon Kelly, a wheelchair user, is the deputy editor for Disability Horizons. She shares some of her experiences as she visited an adaptive sports program in Chicago this summer. Her adventures included rock climbing, camping, and kayaking. Adaptive Rock Climbing…
Amazon Echo products are becoming increasingly popular in homes these days. The Echo and Echo Dot (sometimes referred to as Alexa, the name of the digital assistant built into the device) are hands-free devices with a built-in speaker that allow users to…
Meg demonstrates how to buckle and unbuckle her toddler into a car seat once inside her vehicle. Meg is a C6 quadriplegic with limited arm mobility and no finger function. She requires some assistance from her daughter inside the car…
Courtney is a young woman in her mid 20s. She's outgoing and full of confidence. But she wasn't always so confident, especially when it came to dating. Courtney is a paraplegic, and she uses a wheelchair for mobility. She…
Hulya Arif wants to make the world feel pretty. As a business entrepreneur and founder of Pro Beauty Clinic in Dulwich, just south of London, she offers treatments that many other beauty clinics normally neglect like skin tag removal, mole removal,…
Matty and his daughter, Ari, spend a lot of time together, especially in the kitchen. For one of their coking adventures, the daddy and daughter team cooked roti and curry. Matty is a C4 quadriplegic, and preparing food in the…
When Marc Chiang, 37, first tried out goalball, he didn’t think it was going to be all that difficult. “After all, I had always been active in other sports before my eye condition developed,” he said, referring to SoundBall (blind…
Dori Tempio, a person with a physical disability, has partnered with Able South Carolina to discuss sexual and reproductive health concerning people with disabilities. “People with disabilities have the same sexual and reproductive health needs of others, but often face…
Meg Johnson, a quadriplegic with limited hand function, says that being able to do her laundry by herself was an amazing accomplishment to learn when she came home from rehab. Being able to perform such a simple task gave her…