How Blind Google Lawyer Does His Job
Jack Chen (born with a visual impairment) is a lawyer who works for Google. In a YouTube video with Bloomberg Law, Jack shares what a work day looks like for him. He takes viewers on a journey showing how he…
Business Entrepreneur With Transverse Myelitis
Hulya Arif wants to make the world feel pretty. As a business entrepreneur and founder of Pro Beauty Clinic in Dulwich, just south of London, she offers treatments that many other beauty clinics normally neglect like skin tag removal, mole removal,…
Medical Director With Cerebral Palsy
Have you seen the television show the “Good Doctor”? Before the show aired on ABC, 20/20 featured an episode on Tyler Sexton, a board certified pediatrician, who was born with cerebral palsy. Tyler is medical director of pediatrics at Singing…
Story of Medical Professional with a Disability
Cheri Blauwet has become accustomed to people’s shocked responses when they find what her career field is. Cheri is a doctor who practices rehabilitation and sports medicine. Cheri also uses a wheelchair for mobility. “In my busy outpatient clinical…
Paraplegic Photographer Makes Career Out of Passion
When Andrew Angulo was 32, he suffered a T7 spinal cord injury from a motorcycle crash in June 2009. He admits that his outlook on life was grim immediately following his injury. "One of my first thoughts was that all the…
Paraplegic's Advocacy in Entrepreneurship
If there is anyone who knows how to rock a well-groomed beard, it’s Ira Edwards. In 2010, Ira was left paralyzed when a tree fell on him while he was clearing a ski trail after a storm. That has not…
Deaf Singer Feels the Music
Thirty-year-old Mandy Harvey is already quite famous. She’s performed at the Kennedy Center, earned the coveted golden buzzer after her performance on America’s Got Talent, and recently published her first book. This singer-songwriter also happens to be post-lingually deafened due to a…
Accessible Colleges in America
Brett Gravatt is a wheelchair user who graduated from Penn State with a degree in communication. He has compiled a list of the universities he considers “The Best Accessible Colleges In America.” The Best University For Overall Accessibility Brett names…
Rapper With Arthrogryposis Multiplex congenita Motivates Others
Marc Anthony Romero is a songwriter, singer, motivational speaker, and author. On stage his fans know him as King Montana, the first quadriplegic rapper who has been signed to a major record label. Marc Anthony was born with arthrogryposis multiplex…
Finding the Right Time to Go Back to School After SCI
College is a time of getting to know yourself and stretching out of your comfort zone. For Patrick who sustained a SCI in 2006 when he was 21, returning to college was an exercise in knowing both himself and what…