How to Sit Up from a Lying Down Position
"Getting up from lying down on the bed uses ab muscles," says Meg. But what if your ab muscles don't work? Meg says that lying down is often a scary position to be in for someone with her injury level…
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6 Dating Tips for People With Disabilities
Dating can prove to be an awkward experience for anyone. For people with a disability, that feeling of awkwardness can be intensified, partly because of inaccurate assumptions about people in the disability community. Jessica Cox, born without arms, says that…
Wheelchair Boarding Down a Hill and Off a Curb
Erik is a T4/5 paraplegic who has modified a traditional skateboard with metal stoppers to allow his manual wheelchair to sit atop the board without rolling off. On a crisp fall day, Erik demonstrates his wheelchair boarding skills on a…
Accessible Attractions in Kanazawa, Japan
Kanazawa is the capitol city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, and it offers many options when it comes to wheelchair-accessible attractions. It’s located approximately 3 hours by train from Tokyo. And once you’re in the city, the Kanazawa Loop Bus is a…
Improvising: A Necessity for Parenting With a Disability
Santa Perez is a mom with cerebral palsy, and she writes about raising her son Noah, now a teenager, and how she often had to improvise when it came to providing for him. When Noah was born, Santa admits she…
Sesame Enable: A Smartphone Controlled by Head Movements
The Sesame Enable Phone is the world’s first truly hands-free device that allows users to control a smartphone with head movements. How It Works Sesame Enable’s app tracks head movements using a front-facing camera. A cursor appears on the screen, and the…
Our Voice Was Heard on Complex Rehab Technology
United Spinal and its members received a huge legislative win that protects access to complex power wheelchair components such as seat cushions, specialty hand controls, tilt-recline features that many people with SCI/D rely on to live independently.
First Paraplegic to Complete South Pole Expedition
Doug Stoup, founder of Ice Axe Expeditions, has been guiding people on adventures across Antarctica for ten years. He has skied the Geographic South Pole sixteen times and four times from the coast of Antarctica, raising money for various charities…
Rob Wudlick: Finding His Voice
United Spinal member Rob Wudlick had no idea he had a knack and a passion for advocacy when he broke his neck in a diving accident six years ago. Yet in the spring of this year, he helped secure $6 million for SCI research in Minnesota. How quickly things change.
Navigating the Dating Scene With a Disability
The landscape of dating with a disability is a complex one. While there are different forms of disabilities, many stereotypes still prevalent in society can be limiting for individuals with disabilities. One of which is the idea of romance in…