Achieve Australia is a disability enterprise that partners with other businesses to provide jobs for people with disabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7ISOPEN_I Laura Summers has worked with Achieve for ten years. She helps package items for a company called Cain&Abel Co. Michelle (owner…
Ohana Martial Arts in St. Charles, Missouri holds a Kajukenbo class for people with various disabilities. “(Martial Arts) teaches you how to overcome things. Things we take for granted, it makes you tougher,” says Will Jenkins. Will, born with cerebral…
Sarah Krieger’s son Fritz was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. She reflects on the lessons she has learned since receiving her son’s diagnosis one year ago. One of the most important lessons Sarah has learned is that it is okay…
“Caregiving (and I imagine parenting) is so all consuming that its immersive nature leaves little room for planning and perspective. Yet, in order to maintain your own sense of identity, it’s absolutely necessary to find an approach that works for…
Cory Lee travels, born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, travels all over the world documenting his adventures on his blog Curb Free With Cory Lee. Cory shares an experience he had in Banos, Ecuador where he had the opportunity to ride…
Carrie Callahan, President and Co-Founder of Empower Spinal Cord Injury, Empower SCI focuses on teaching people how to get back to living life after a spinal cord injury, and not merely just surviving. Carrie shares examples of how the program educates…
“Driving a car can become a reality for many people who are paralyzed, even people with very limited hand and arm function,” says the Alan T. Foundation. The foundation shares some tips on modifying a vehicle to fit your adaptive…
Have you ever thought about getting a service dog to assist you in becoming more independent? Tiffiny Carlson with Spinalcord.com shares some tasks that a service dog may be able to do to help with independent living, especially as a…
Meg Johnson, a mother who is a quadriplegic, demonstrates how she changes her five-month-old daughter’s diaper when she does not have access to a changing table. Meg changes the diaper with her daughter lying across her lap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkXqFaCXPQ Meg admits…
Lindsay Cochran is a thirteen-year-old living with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). Lindsay needs assistance throughout the day, and the Cochran family proves that caring for a loved one is a family affair. “Sometimes it really stinks having someone constantly help…