Carissa Louise shares a video of her workout routine that helps strengthen her hip and back control as a C6/C7 quadriplegic. Focusing on Hip Control Carissa starts out this exercise by lying flat on her stomach with a large pillow…
As a young adult, Barney was involved in a car accident that left him a quadriplegic. Before his accident, Barney loved surfing, and even after his accident, he knew he would surf again. At first Barney was determined to surf…
Matt Feeney is a sports enthusiast who was paralyzed in a diving accident. He says all the things that usually hold him down - worries, fears, and pains - vanish when he is amidst the action of participating in a…
Sid James and Kevin Fergusson hope of becoming the first pair with a quadriplegic to complete an ironman. Sid is a quadriplegic. Kevin vowed to tow, carry, and push Sid in a 3.8km swim, 180km ride and 42.2km run, as…
After winning two gold medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, an uptick in media attention seems expected. For 25-year-old Yip Pin Xiu, born with Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy and swims in category S2, one magazine’s request piqued her interest. The…
“In my head, I had this impression that Crossfit is very extreme,” said para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu, 25, who started doing adaptive Crossfit earlier in March this year. “But it was a personal thing, I was afraid I couldn’t do…
Steph Aiello, a quadriplegic with limited hand function, is a beauty icon with thousands of followers on social media. She shares some of her own fashion tips on how she manages to get dressed independently while still looking fierce in…
Halloween is right around the corner, and this is the time of year when people start asking, "What am I going to dress up as?" We've asked wheelchair users in the AbleThrive community to share their best Halloween costumes. Many…
For most students, college life is a full schedule of lectures, projects, sports, club activities, volunteer work and hopefully, a bunch of parties. Swimmer and three-time Paralympic gold medallist Yip Pin Xiu, 25, is no stranger to rushing between studies…
The roar of the crowd and the crunch of the turf beneath his feet couldn’t distract USC Football player Jake Olson, 20, from executing a perfect snap for an extra point that helped secure USC's win against Western Michigan. Blind…