George Scola was thirty-nine when he walked across sweltering South Africa from Beitbridge to Cape Point, roughly Maine to Florida. Just two years earlier, he had been paralyzed by a stroke, then overwhelmed with depression at losing his body, speech,…
Dance and disability are integral to my identity. A shift in roles and identity My parents grew up in communist China in the 1960s and were the first in their families to leave the country and raise children in America.…
Camilla is a mom with muscular dystrophy. She and her boyfriend Jesper are raising three children: a pre-schooler and two young twins. Muscular dystrophy is a disease that causes weakness and loss of muscle mass throughout the body. So for Camilla,…
If you are a wheelchair user and want to skydive, you don’t have to let your wheels hold you back! Here are two stories that will inspire you to take your thrills to new heights. https://youtu.be/NptApcwwAN0 Randy, a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic, knew…
If crowds and culture are your idea of a good time, you won’t want to miss Oktoberfest in Germany! https://youtu.be/2D2dwGneBd8 Joseph takes us on a visual tour of his Oktoberfest experience in Munich. He started out in one of the halls…
“6.1 million children in the United States have parents with disabilities.” In a short video compiled by Brittany Peterson, three families, each with one or more parent with a disability, discuss their struggles of acceptance, especially in the eyes of…
In late 2013 when Alex first started feeling ill, he thought he just had a case of the flu. But when he noticed blood in his urine and blotchy, bruised areas on his skin, he knew it was something more…
“Travel as a wheelchair user is never straightforward, but this summer I came to the conclusion that Barcelona is probably the easiest and most accessible place in Europe that I have traveled to." Srin Madipalli is a veteran wheelchair traveler…
Martyn Sibley first traveled to Barcelona with the support of the Catalan Tourist Board. They “really made this trip a success. They’d thought of everything, to the finest detail,” he shares. https://youtu.be/CcRU3cvnWlk An (accessible) taste of Barcelona Martyn also used an…
Providing care for a family member is a difficult job. Most caregivers find themselves thrown into the role unexpectedly, and adjusting can be very stressful. Family caregivers include children caring for aging parents, spouses caring for one another post…