Peter was young and physically fit when he became a quadriplegic from a diving accident. Peter had just finished teaching swimming lessons when he decided to swim some laps himself before meeting a friend for dinner. He dove into the…
More employers in Singapore are hiring workers with physical or intellectual disabilities. This encouraging trend is being facilitated by a government fund set up to promote the hiring of older or disabled persons. Under this scheme, employers can benefit from a subsidy…
Linda and her son Timmy both have Holt Oram syndrome – a rare condition which caused them both to be born without arms. Both Linda and Timmy have adapted to living life without upper extremities. https://youtu.be/rgB5XyqZoNc Neither one uses prosthetics.…
A friend asked me to share what I wish I had been told at the beginning when my daughter Beth was injured. She has a cut spinal cord at C6-7. My first list shared three thoughts: Breathe deeply. Hug. Rest. Repeat. Find…
Emilio Choo is a Singaporean wheelchair basketball player, and he shares how this sport has impacted his life in many ways. Choo had played basketball before his spinal cord injury, and had loved the game. So he decided to give it a…
Bill Miller is a C1/C2 ventilator-dependent quadriplegic who was injured in 1997. He credits the CoughAssist machine as what has kept his lungs healthy for nearly two decades. “I have not had any respiratory-related hospitalizations since being discharged from Shepherd Center in 1997,”…
Jacob was paralyzed in a diving accident in 2007. Soon after his injury, he started traditional therapy where he worked to strengthen his body and the muscles he could still move. He later discovered a different kind of therapy that…
Do you love to cook? Bob, a paraplegic, demonstrates a few adaptive tools and techniques he’s used to make preparing food a little easier and safer from a wheelchair. https://youtu.be/G0EeOvFn6Qo First, Bob makes note of an apron he’s fashioned for himself that has…
Jen is a T10/11 paraplegic, and she’s demonstrating skills she’s picked up along the way to help her become independent as a college student. https://youtu.be/FWDmWHHp0_E Jen explains the hand controls she recently had installed on her vehicle. “I steer with one hand…
Avid world traveler Cory Lee recently crossed off another item from his bucket list – wheelchair accessible hot air ballooning! https://youtu.be/-iOx_IQqAKk Cory contacted Love Is In The Air, a hot air balloon company operating out of Las Vegas, Nevada. “Love Is…