Ever been to an event in your wheelchair and not been sure how to hold your drink effectively? That's exactly what happened to Krystina, who is a quadriplegic without finger mobility. Her solution? The Wine Yoke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c-gyIIsfk0 "I discovered these…
Chris Colwell has his own YouTube channel where he shares videos on how he accomplishes independent living tasks as a quadriplegic. Chris demonstrates how he is able to cut a loaf of bread independently using adaptive tools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj3IFizQy-M Chris has…
Wes Hamilton is a wheelchair user and self-proclaimed adaptive athlete. He admits that exercise was an initial challenge for him. However, when he found an exercise routine that worked for him it proved to be beneficial in several aspects of…
Beverly Himes, a paraplegic, shares YouTube videos on how she accomplishes independent living tasks related to being a parent. Beverly demonstrates how she carries her baby to the car and secures him in his car seat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQl27FaHSAw Beverly prefers to…
Alicia Reagan, a wheelchair user, shares how she learned the beauty of teamwork by training for a Rough Terrain 5K Race. Alicia’s friends will help her through each course of monkey bars, mud crawling, uneven terrain, ropes, and more. Alicia…
Cory Lee is a wheelchair user born with spinal muscular atrophy. He travels all over the world documenting his adventures on his blog, “Curb Free With Cory Lee.” One trip that Cory says sticks out in his mind was when…
AbleFlight is an organization created by pilots that provide scholarships to people with disabilities who have the desire to learn how to fly an airplane. The mission of AbleFlight is to “offer people with disabilities a unique way to challenge…
Erin Gildner is a mother who uses a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury. In a blog entry for Backbones, Erin writes about her labor and delivery story of her son and daughter. Erin began going into labor at…
Nur Fariza, 30, has always felt the need to do well in school. Even though she attended mainstream schools, it was not easy getting in. Born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or brittle bone syndrome, Fariza started primary school a year…
Learning how to get up and down a curb is a helpful task to learn for a manual wheelchair user who travels independently. Joseph Visaggi, a paraplegic, demonstrates how he gets up and down a curb in his wheelchair when…