“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…
“One of the things I love about kids is that they are unfiltered. They don’t know about being polite or politically correct or not asking certain questions for one reason or another,” says Kelly Brush Davisson, a paraplegic. Kelly works…
Lani Dickinson, who was born without her left arm, was adopted from an orphanage in China and brought to the United States at thirteen months old. She quickly adapted to her new environment and growing up found a passion for…
A person with a disability’s nightly routine can be more complex than just simply jumping into bed. Christopher Soleto shares a video of his nightly routine as a C6 quadriplegic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jSbFqfjg8s The video begins as Christopher sits in his wheelchair…
Will Reeve, son of Christopher and Dana Reeve, reflects on a letter he wrote to his 13-year-old self after losing his parents.
“Play is an essential part of child growth and development. It is one of the central ways in which children learn valuable life skills. Through play, children learn all about how to socialize with others, express their creativity and imagination,…
The Alan T. Brown Foundation shares blog entries from clients at different stages in their life post spinal cord injury. One man shares his thoughts on living with a spinal cord injury for thirty-three years. He states that life is…
Each year American drivers spend thousands of dollars on auto insurance. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects individuals who have the medical ability to drive from discriminatory price increases. A partner for the blog Doing Wheelies provides the following…
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…
Naresh Gupta, a C5 quadriplegic, is a client working on his rehabilitation at Aim2Walk in Toronto, Canada. He demonstrates his progress with a floor to chair transfer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S45As_x2kE From the floor, Naresh transfers to a mat that is higher off…