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My Gimpy Life Gets Funding for Season Two
Watch My Gimpy Life Season One here Teal Sherer, an actress with a disability who was tired of waiting on Hollywood roles, created one for herself last summer when My Gimpy Life premiered to critical acclaim on YouTube. And thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, the award-winning comedic web series will return for Season Two. “People with disabilities are rarely…
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Handicap This!
It all started in the spring of 2001 when Tim Wambach stopped by a school district office on a whim. He put in an application to be a substitute teacher and that’s when the wheel of fate began to roll. Soon, he found himself face-to-face with a 12 year-old kid named Mike Berkson, a warm,…
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The Making of Not Home
By Narcel Reedus, Filmmaker Not Home, a documentary about kids living in nursing facilities, is a 99-minute feature that focuses on four interweaving stories. There’s Mathew, Qualeigh, Essie Evans and Nola Sayne—a young adult, a child and two parents whose separate lives intersect through the institutionalization of children with a developmental disability. In between each…
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New Book from Paralympic Athlete and Bionic Woman
Jennifer French, a quadriplegic and competitive sailing athlete who recently medaled at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London, has release her new book, On My Feet Again: My Journey Out of the Wheelchair Using Neurotechnology. On My Feet Again is the inspiring and intellectually stimulating story of how a determined and resourceful young woman overcame many…
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If You Can’t Stand Up, Stand Out: Season 2 of Push Girls Premieres June 3rd
By Kristina Rhoades, Abilities Expo Ambassador Last summer, audiences were mesmerized as the Sundance Channel debuted a daring new series about four dynamic women who live in L.A. The Push Girls are not your average reality-stars, however. While they are indeed beautiful, outgoing, confident and determined, one small detail makes them stand out of the crowd—they happen…
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Roll Across America
By Louise Sattler Gabriel Cordell believes EVERYONE can learn from his story and message which is simple, “Anyone can be an athlete!” He believes that people in wheelchairs can be athletes. He believes that people with cognitive challenges can be athletes. And he believes that even women in their 50′s can be athletes… get my…
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TV Talent Show Star with Epilepsy Dares To Dream
By Connor Doran, Dare To Dream Team My name is Connor Doran. On Season 5 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, I made it to the top 12 out of 90,000 people performing with my indoor kites. I am still working hard at what I love and I have been blessed to perform in different shows across the…
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Embracing Conscious Living with a Disability
By Kristina Rhoades To me, conscious living is about awareness and intention. It’s the awareness that we have tremendous control over our own lives and the understanding that we are intimately connected to the world around us. Embracing these truths inspires us to make more intentional decisions when it comes to our personal health and…
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Take Control of Your Pain
By Casey Cashman, U.S. Pain Foundation Chronic pain touches millions of Americans. The mission of the U.S. Pain Foundation is to educate, connect, inform and empower those living with pain while advocating on behalf of the entire pain community. One of our most popular initiatives is our U.S. Pain patient-education days and summits, Take Control of Your…
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Don’t Just Cut the Cord, Save It
By Katie Wilson, Cordbloodbanking.com In the last two decades, hematopoietic stems cells (HSCs) drawn from the umbilical cord blood have thrown the doors open to scores of medical breakthroughs and they are used in treatment for more than 80 different diseases, including certain types of cancer. Since the first successful cord blood therapy in 1988, more…
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Cosplay Without Limits
By Misa On Wheels, Cosplayer The term “cosplay” is the combination of the words “costume” and “play.” It, quite literally, means dressing up and having fun! But, cosplay is so much more than just dressing up in awesome outfits. The True Magic of Cosplay Some may see cosplay as an escape, but to me, it…
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Come Out and cosPLAY
Geekdom has taken the world by storm lately. Superhero movies have been blockbuster staples since Marvel’s Iron Man in 2008. Of course, for hardcore fans, this is the golden age. One where dressing up in costumes has evolved into an art form known as cosplaying. Cosplayers, those who fearlessly wear their fandoms on their sleeves,…