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Could an ADHD or Autism Coach Be Right for You?
By Sarah Kesty, Executive Function Coach If you overheard someone claiming to be a “life coach,” you may groan or wonder to yourself how someone outside of you could ever begin to understand well enough to strategize your life! You may even project the types of advice you’d hear from the person. “Just try to…
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Houston, Spin Your Wheels with the Ayita Dance Team and the Rollettes!
By Lisa Wells, Naturally Able Welcome to a place where you’re free to spin your wheels as we introduce you to not one but two groups of uplifting, encouraging, and empowering women’s dance teams at the Houston Abilities Expo: the Ayita Dance Team and the Rollettes! Tiny Dancers Go Bigger in Texas Our first team of fantastic performers hails…
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Help! My Kid with a Disability is Going Back to School After a Year and a Half at Home!
By Sarah Kesty, Executive Function Coach After more than a year of distance learning, students everywhere are preparing for the transition to in-person school. Some may be excited for the social time again, while others may be dreading the demands of being on campus (and already missing Pajama Day every day!) As a teacher with…
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Breakthrough Study Reveals that Intensive Therapies Improve Motor Function in Kids with CP
By Anne Mancour In a landmark research study on eighty-two children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) on one side of the body, researchers at Burke Neurological Institute, Teacher’s College-Columbia University, and Weill Cornell Medicine learned that two intensive training therapies improved hand and arm function, allowing children to learn new, long-term life skills regardless of how the…
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7 Facts that May Make a Pet Right for Your Disability
By John Peterson The positive impact that a pet can have on the lives of their human partners with disabilities and mental health challenges cannot be overstated! Pet owners report feeling less lonely because of the presence of their pets. At the same time, they are less stressed because having a pet offers you the…
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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…