Using gardening tools without your fingers can be tough, but Wendy Crawford, a quadriplegic, has found great accessible gardening tools that are best adapted to her mobility. She has gloves that she uses to hold any small tools. “You can also use gloves…
Got a green thumb? Bethany Hoppe, a paraplegic, demonstrates some accessible box gardening for wheelchair users. The box itself is 4 feet deep, allowing for her to easily reach her plants. From knowing how to fill the bottom layers with peat…
Once you’ve seen for yourself how awesome an accessible box garden can be, the next step is to build one for yourself! Thanks to Bethany Hoppe, a paraplegic, who lays it all out for you in under 5 minutes with all the details you need…
You know it’s summer when the emails start flying from Jay Liesener to his crew. “Afternoon surf session this Saturday,” he writes. “Join us for a fun afternoon of surfing and friends.” Another: “4th of July Surf and Burn,” reads…
Anyone with any degree of paralysis can learn to sail. Whether you're paralyzed from the waist down or the neck down, there are adapted equipment that allows the aspiring sailor to control the direction of the boat and the sails. You can…
You might have heard of Theresa Goh in the international paraswimming circuit, but she sat down with us to share a side of her apart from her training and medals. Paralyzed from birth, Theresa has grown up learning to adapt to…
You may have seen wheelchair races blazing around tracks at the Paralympics or other competitions, showered in medals and praise, but let's also take a look at what it takes to get there. It maybe less glamorous than an exciting…