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  • Deck the Halls with the Rollettes Holiday Giveaway Contest!

    Deck the Halls with the Rollettes Holiday Giveaway Contest!

    By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical Make the holidays even brighter this season by giving the gift of dance, or a variety of specifically-curated gift items, courtesy of The Rollettes wheelchair dance team and intermittent catheter manufacturer Cure Medical! Below, you’ll discover a whole sleigh-load of ways to cherish someone you love with handy gift ideas and a unique giveaway…

  • Just Like its Stars, ‘Take A Look At This Heart’ Overcomes Challenges

    Just Like its Stars, ‘Take A Look At This Heart’ Overcomes Challenges

    By Ben Duffy, Take A Look At This Heart Take A Look At This Heart is a film about love, sexuality, and the human bond within the disability community. It follows the journey into the lives of 17 very unique people; some with disabilities and the partners who love them, others struggling to get by in a…

  • Get Winter-Ready with Tips from Cold-Weather Expert Chris Collin

    Get Winter-Ready with Tips from Cold-Weather Expert Chris Collin

    By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical You may remember reading about Community Advocate Chris Collin here on Abilities.com, or maybe you recognize his contagious smile from visiting the Cure Medical booth at Abilities Expos nationwide this year. But when Chris isn’t traveling the country as an advocate for people who roll, he lives an adventurous life in…

  • Pics Are In. It Happened!

    Pics Are In. It Happened!

    Don’t tell any of these trail blazers they can’t go somewhere. And thanks to the 2019 Wheels Up! accessible travel photo contest from SPORTS ‘N SPOKES Magazine, Cure Medical and Abilities Expo, we all have a front row seat to their adventures. Of the hundreds of wheelers from around the country who submitted their favorite outdoor, travel or sports…

  • Great, Use-Now Tips on Career Success with a Disability

    Great, Use-Now Tips on Career Success with a Disability

    By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical For many people with disabilities, finding gainful employment that’s flexible enough to meet their needs can be challenging. In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor reports that the unemployment rate for people with disabilities was 8.4% in 2016, which is approximately twice the rate for people without disabilities. October is National…

  • Things that Go Growling in the Night

    Things that Go Growling in the Night

    By Chris Kain, kellisaspath.com Kellisa—my 2 pound, 1 ounce micro-preemie miracle daughter was born in 1999 with hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, significant developmental delays, sleep apnea, and restless leg syndrome—has always traveled well. I believe it started when she was a baby and had to travel 138 miles round trip several times a week to see…

  • RAMPing up to Save Lives with Emergency RED BAG Movement

    RAMPing up to Save Lives with Emergency RED BAG Movement

    Whether you’re able-bodied or have a disability, the privacy of your health information is important. However, there may be situations when quick access to your health information could save your life. Tina Pedersen, founder and president of RAMP (Real Access Motivates Progress), hopes to create a way to help people with disabilities in emergencies. Everything First Responders…

  • Nation’s First Integrated Dance Company Needs Dancers with Disabilities

    Nation’s First Integrated Dance Company Needs Dancers with Disabilities

    As the lights warmed the beautiful stage at the Lincoln Theatre, I could feel the energy of the audience. The anticipation and excitement penetrated my body—a feeling I have experienced too many times to count over my nearly 40 years of performing and directing The Dancing Wheels Company & School. As the dance/theater production progressed in…

  • Adaptive Fashion is the New Couture

    Adaptive Fashion is the New Couture

    By Keisha Greaves, Girls Chronically Rock Alexa, Siri, voice-activated apps, phones and even TVs have been a great convenience throughout my journey with a chronic illness. Having the ability to turn off the light without risking a fall or calling for help when no one is around has tremendously changed the level of independence I am…

  • Boston Marathon Survivor to Sign Bestseller at Abilities Expo

    Boston Marathon Survivor to Sign Bestseller at Abilities Expo

    By Shuan Butcher, Disabled Sports USA Boston Marathon bombing survivors Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes will be signing copies of their book Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship at the Disabled Sports USA‘s booth at the Boston Abilities Expo on Saturday, September 14th from 11 am to 1 pm. Based on a real-life partnership, this heartening story of the…

  • Join YouTube Sensation Richard Corbett for Wheels2Walking Adventures

    Join YouTube Sensation Richard Corbett for Wheels2Walking Adventures

    By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical With more than 3 million YouTube views in less than 3 weeks, Wheels2Walking’s founder Richard Corbett literally can’t sit still. He’s on a mission to make sure you don’t either, by encouraging viewers to explore their own world on wheels through his adventures on film! He says, “Nine years ago, my…

  • 7 Products Every Caregiver Should Try

    7 Products Every Caregiver Should Try

    By Mollie Wilson Regardless of if you are caring for a child, sibling, or other family member, being a caregiver for love ones is truly a never-ending job. With appointments, balancing schedules, household tasks, and much more, it’s no wonder many who care for loved one’s report feeling immense amounts of stress in their everyday…