Inclusive Recreation
Why is “play” just the purview of children? Who says that all of the wonderful benefits that the action of playing provides the kiddos—like promoting social interaction, creativity, problem solving, self-esteem, positivity, relationship building and so on—aren’t just as important for adults? Frivolity, enjoyment and escape are as vital as they are easy to dismiss.
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Tap Dancing is Hands-Down Fun for Everyone
By Laura Muha When former Radio City Rockette Mary Six Rupert was 9 months old, she rolled off her father’s lap and wound up in a body cast with a broken leg. Her mother, Nita Braun, decided Rupert’s legs needed strengthening, so once Rupert recovered, Braun signed the toddler up for dance lessons—something that led…
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Goal Setting for Healthy Living with a Disability
By Tracy Williams, Tracy’s Plate Everyone deserves to live their own version of a healthy lifestyle. It does not matter if you have a disability or not. Registered dietitians and other healthcare professionals should also realize that disabled clients have their own picture of success towards a healthier adaptive lifestyle. Success looks different for each individual,…
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Retirement – Are you ready? Your service dog is.
By Kristin Hartness, Canines for Disabled Kids & Service Dog Partner Retirement—the point where a person stops employment completely. Well, that sounds very official, and it should as it came directly from the Wikipedia. For a service dog this statement may or may not be true. Retiring My First Service Dog Laddie, my first service…
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Disability Themes Run Strong in Anime and Manga
By Tony Stephens, Hyper-Urban Arts There is power in weakness. “My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Power…weakness…how are they linked in the arena of anime and manga? This is the core, the heart, of my various projects. My projects center around popular culture and disabilities; in ways which I hope entertain, educate and, most of…
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Blind and Low Vision Kids Experience Alaskan Wilderness
By Ally Keene, Camp Webber Camp Webber, formally Camp Abilities Alaska, is a five-day overnight sports camp for youth 8-17 who are blind or visually impaired. Held at Camp Birchwood in Chugiak, Alaska, this program offers the opportunity for campers from all over to participate in adapted sports, meet new friends and enjoy an overnight camp…
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Where is the Outrage Against Inaccessibility?
By Chris Kain, kellisaspath.com My 23-year-old daughter, Kellisa, is one of the 13.7% adults in the United States with a mobility disability.* Over the last two decades, Kellisa has visited 31 of the 63 national parks across the United States. Some parks we’ve only visited once for a few hours, like Denali in Alaska; while we’ve been…
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Celebrated Author Says Life is Not Always a Valley of Tears
For 30 years, Pascuala Herrera worked as a community college professor, shaping the young minds of students with disabilities. Since retirement, her passions have led her to become an award-winning author. Her works delve into her life experience as a Latina woman with a disability and the valuable lessons that the highs and lows of…
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Bling Your Wheelchair
By Stan Clark The best part about living in this time is that we’ve got a lot of celebrating to catch up on. The hard part, at least for me, is that I am out of practice when it comes to dressing up and going out. Whenever I look at my calendar, there’s always an…
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Tips and Tricks to Disability Travel
By Amanda Winstead Living with a disability certainly doesn’t make you immune to the travel bug and, when you get bit, you too can embark on globetrotting adventures! Of course, research and advance planning is key to ensure that your particular accessibility needs are met on your dream vacation. 1. Do Your Homework do your…
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Behind the Scenes of the Ms. Wheelchair America Competition
By Ali Ingersoll, Ms. Wheelchair America 2023 Competition is natural. We all want to be the best at what we do and be rewarded for our efforts. Regardless of what competition may be afoot in your life, we are taught at a young age in our society to work harder and strive to break so…
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If You Want to Start Journaling About Your Health, Here’s a Good Place to Start
By The Mighty Staff This is not meant to be a negative statement, just a realistic one: In the course of any individual’s health story, there will be moments of perceived powerlessness. Those days when a treatment isn’t working as intended, chronic pain inches beyond an accepted tolerance threshold, a mental health morning that just…
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Travel is Now More Accessible with the Winnebago Roam
By Michelle Colvard, Abilities Expo Ambassador Our family loves traveling—but travel always carries a few extra challenges due to my use of a wheelchair. For those of us who use wheelchairs, travel requires a lot of logistical coordination. Air travel can be difficult due to the inaccessibility of airplanes. When I fly, I must be…