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House-Hunting for Accessible Properties: A How-To Guide
By Jillian Day There is intense competition for accessible housing in the United States due to a lack of resources. According to The League, less than 2 percent of US housing units are accessible. Now, that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to find a home that will suit your unique accessibility needs; the process will simply require…
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Navigating Healthcare Access and Coverage with a Disability
By Adrian Johansen Navigating healthcare coverage and access isn’t easy for anyone. When living with a disability, understanding exactly how your coverage and situation interact can make navigating healthcare even more of a chore. Fortunately, however, there are ways you can better manage your physical and mental health situation to get the best results. By…
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The Rollettes and Coloplast Announce National Sponsorship to Empower Women Who Roll
By Hailey Wachlarowicz-Bayer, Coloplast With the first 2021 event in Chicago on June 25-27, the Abilities Expo is back, and we are thrilled to see our community reuniting on the other side of the pandemic. Joining forces to support women who roll, the Rollettes and Coloplast have collaborated to help bring this fantastic wheelchair dance group back to the Expo…
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Harness the Healing Power of Nature
By Ashey Lyn Olson, WheelchairTraveling.com Parks and the outdoors, in general, hold a very special place in my heart. All my travels have had a powerful nature element. Even in cities, I am exploring local parks and gardens. Robert Frost, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and John Muir are some of the most profound writers…
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AllTrails App Expands Accessibility Info for Hiking Trails
By Meaghan Praznik, AllTrails As the days get longer and the temperatures start rising, the outdoor recreation platform, AllTrails, is thrilled to share new mobility disability accessibility information for more than five thousand hiking trails in the United States. Home to the largest collection of online trail maps, trail-goers can now use AllTrails to find detailed information…
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Embrace New Adventures with No Limits Adaptive Climbing and Coloplast
The only way the words “barriers” and “limits” figure into Paralympian Mark Wellman’s vocabulary is if they are preceded by a “no.” When you scale his 25-foot adaptive climbing wall at the Abilities Expo, you’ll find that Mark’s inspiring lexicon is contagious! Please join us at the No Limits adaptive climbing wall for a horizon-changing adventure during your…
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How Can Your Workplace be More Accessible to Neurodivergent Employees?
By Adrian Johansen The contemporary workplace is an almost constantly developing landscape. New technologies and even new industries continue to develop. There are also opportunities for new ways of working—the last year or so, in particular, has seen remote working adopted by an increasing number of businesses. This state of change can make for an…
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All that Glitters is Goals: Cope with your Disability Through Crafting
By Hannah Cate, Coping Through Craft What started as a creative outlet for me quickly turned into a platform and passion helping others discover the therapeutic benefits of art coupled with a way of crafting that works for them and their disability. Hi! I’m Hannah and I run an adaptive crafting/art Instagram page and YouTube Channel called Coping Through…
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Camp Wamp Across America
By Ale Bruyere, Camp Wamp Kids with disabilities from all over America visit Camp Wamp each summer…usually. But since we can’t have camp this summer due to COVID, we have decided to come to you with Camp Wamp’s Disability & Optimism Tour Across America! Camp Wamp Hits the Road June 1st Camp Wamp near Lake Tahoe in California…
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In-Person Abilities Expos Relaunch in June
Drum roll please! After the longest “hiatus” in the 4-decade history of Abilities live events, the in-person Abilities Expos will be back—beginning in June—in Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, New York Metro, Los Angeles, Toronto and Dallas. Join Us at an Abilities Expo Near You! It’s hard to believe that it has been more than a year since we…
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4 Benefits of Medical Marijuana for Anxiety and Panic Attacks
By Rebecca Siggers Among other benefits, a significant percentage of the global population has embraced CBD for its incomparable medicinal properties. Medical marijuana has been and still is at the center of extensive research. So far, scientists and medical experts have unearthed several CBD advantages concerning panic attacks and anxiety, as outlined in this article.…
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Take the May Movement Challenge!
By Leslie Krongold, Glass Half Full podcast Iwas thrilled to have the opportunity to present, “A Journey with Movement & Exercise,” at the recent Virtual Abilities Expo. It was well received, and a lot of people wanted to learn more about online exercise opportunities. That enthusiasm was the catalyst for the creation of the May Movement Challenge.…