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Checkmate! How a Power Chair and a Game Changed my Life
By Michael Lenox, Illinois Chess Vets My name is Michael Lenox, Chief Petty Officer Submarine/Diver USN (Ret). I am currently the Founder/President of Illinois Chess Vets NFP, a Board member for Illinois Chess Association NFP, and a committee member for the US Chess Federation (USCF) Special Needs and Circumstance Committee. Twelve years ago, I had a major stroke…
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Does Your 3-Year-Old Have OCD?
By Julienne Dallara, Abilities Expo My heart aches for Riia Talve’s parents. Due to an unexpected illness, Pennie and Henry Talve’s baby girl had to be induced early or die. To the overwhelming joy of this British Columbian couple, it was a success and the diminutive Riia was born at 1lb 13oz. To make matters…
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Explore Northeastern Adaptive Sports Programs with Chris Collin
By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical Adaptive sports expert Chris Collin knows firsthand that it can be difficult to find adaptive sports programs within a day’s drive and that are also a good fit for your skills or interests. That’s why we’re sharing his advice below along with an invitation to meet Chris in person at the…
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Living a New Dream
By Lisa Wells, Wheel-Life.org “I became a complete C-7 quad on November 9, 1991 as the result of a car accident,” said Chris Malcom, founder of the iPush Foundation, a lifestyle resource and source of encouragement for anyone who uses a wheelchair. “I was a sophomore in college at the time. I’m not proud of it but…
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Civil Rights, Not Disability Privilege
By Jessica Niziolek Lately, I have been seeing a lot of discussion on the terms “disability privilege,” also known as “able-bodied privilege.” Upon doing my own research on this topic, I was instantly hit with my own question, “Why aren’t we calling this what it really is and that’s a fight for our rights as…
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My ER Close Call, and Why it Never Should Have Gotten so Bad
By Kristen Hart, Living Able and Abilities Expo Ambassador A little more than three years ago, on September 16, 2014, I felt fine. I went to bed with plans the next day expecting things to go smoothly. Little did I know that I would end up in the hospital for five days. I want to tell this…
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Born An Angel by an Angel
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine Briley Rossiter is 11 years old, and like other girls her age she likes hanging out with her friends, having sleepovers, going to movies and shopping. But Briley is not your typical 11-year-old. She has experienced a lifetime of ups and downs, joy and sadness, disappointments and happiness, and…
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Making Dreams Come True One Letter at a Time
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine One Letter at a Time is the life long story of famed marathoner and triathlete, Rick Hoyt, who together with his equally famous father, Dick Hoyt, makes up the world-renowned duo known as Team Hoyt. The story is written by both father and son with the help of writer Todd Civin.…
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A Random Act of Kindness Changes a Family’s Life ForeverAs Alexzander Prado’s Wish to Walk is Granted at Abilities Expo
That Sunday will live in the hearts and minds of everyone whose tears of joy followed 5-year-old Alexzander Prado’s amazing feat at the Southern California Abilities Expo (www.abilities.com) in the Anaheim Convention Center. This was the day that a triumphant little boy overcame his congenital cerebral palsy to walk hands-free for the very first time.…
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Being the Change
By Ana Calvo, No Barriers and Abilities Expo Ambassador If someone said five years ago I would be host and co-producer of a TV show, I would have thought they were out of their mind. It all started in the summer of 2012 when Houston Community College (HCC) did a call-out to anyone who wanted…
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Born An Angel by an Angel
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine Briley Rossiter is 11 years old, and like other girls her age she likes hanging out with her friends, having sleepovers, going to movies and shopping. But Briley is not your typical 11-year-old. She has experienced a lifetime of ups and downs, joy and sadness, disappointments and happiness, and…
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Director Ben Lewin Explores Disability, Love and Sexuality in The Sessions
By Jennifer and Jeff D. Gorman, The Mobility Resource and BraunAbility Wheelchair Vans. Ben Lewin, director of Fox Searchlight’s new film, The Sessions, spoke with fellow polio survivor Jennifer Gorman of The Mobility Resource about his cinematic tale of another polio survivor, Mark O’Brien. The California poet, who died in 1999, has already been the subject of one Oscar-winning film,…