“Making your home wheelchair accessible doesn’t have to involve building a new home from scratch. Sometimes it’s possible to make adaptations to your current home in order to make it easier to manoeuvre around in a wheelchair and promote independent…
Achieve Australia provides people with intellectual disabilities with supports and resources to learn independent living skills and maximize their potential. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=60&v=zJ6HIquIk9Y “In my role as a social educator, I get to see people triumph in their lives.” The young…
Patrick Young is the founder of AbleUSA. He shares the following information and advice on how to search for an accessible home: Approximately 40 million Americans have a disability (about half are those aged 75 and older), which is why…
Rachelle Chapman, a C5/C6 quadriplegic, demonstrates how she is able to do laundry using a front face washer and dryer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hcvmQy0L-k Rachelle starts out by gathering all of the clothes out of the hamper and putting them in a pile…
Shawn Fluke, a C5/C6 quadriplegic, shares videos on his YouTube channel (Live To Roll) showing how he accomplishes specific independent living tasks. Shawn demonstrates how he is able to zip up his shorts using an adaptive tool. He uses this…
Ellie Smith has Erbs Palsy. She shares videos on her YouTube channel showing how she accomplishes independent living skills. Ellie likes to bake, she demonstrates how she bakes cupcakes with only using one hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P98XVKrA6WA Recipe Ellie uses the following…
“Having experienced what it is like to live in an apartment and a house, I knew I wanted to go back to apartment life. Sure, this lifestyle has its challenges – like possibilities of broken elevators – but it also…
Professor Von Heiser, a power wheelchair user, shares some tips on how to clean your power wheelchair. Like he says, “You want (your wheelchair) to last don’t you? And you certainly don’t want people to think that smell is coming…
Ellie Smith lives with Brachial Plexus Paralysis (Erbs Palsy). She shares her own personal stories as well as tips and tricks on her blog (Ellie Erbs) to be a resource for those living a ‘one-able-handed’ life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCTq_7wf0-o Ellie shares the…
Ahmet Cunmulaj, a paraplegic, demonstrates how he goes up and down the steep portable ramp at his mother’s home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cJMTepUw5I “It’s important to know, don’t have anything big, or pretty much anything at all in your lap because (you) pretty…