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The Gift that Changed My Life
By Sarah Best, Abilities Expo New York Metro Ambassador Have you ever received a gift that changed your life? That’s what it felt like for me when I received my service dog, Edison, from the National Education for Assistance Dog Services (NEADS). He has given me the gift of independence! Having him by my side is…
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Loving the Living Skeleton
By Greg Smith, Sr., The Strength Coach I’ve reached a milestone. I have achieved a victory over an enemy that has dominated me and limited me for as long as I can remember. And as I stand over this monster with my foot on its neck, it feels so good! I Can’t Believe I Am…
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No Grit, No Glory: 5 Ways to Thrive in the Face of Adversity
By Michelle Colvard, Abilities Expo Ambassador Many people associate having a disability with weakness. With suffering. Or with inability. But in fact, I would argue that sometimes having a disability (as with experiencing other adversities) can actually foster and promote a trait called “grit.” We learn a mental toughness or tenacity—even what people used to…
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Join the Movement! Vote With Heart!
What are you doing right…this…second? If your answer is logging onto www.votewithheart.com and joining 3E Love’s campaign to empower Americans who are passionate about disability rights, then…kudos! It will only take a minute of your time to pledge to #VoteWithHeart and unite with a coalition of voices who are determined to create positive change for the disability…
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Ground Therapy: Reconnect to the Earth and Feel Better Fast
By Martin Zucker, Co-author of Earthing Ground Therapy, or grounding for short, is an important self-healing application with special benefits for the disability community. Grounding connects you to the natural electric charge of the planet. It stabilizes your physiology at the deepest level, draining inflammation, stress, and pain from your body, and promoting better health.You…
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Group Travel…Is It for You?
By Debra Kerper, Easy Access Travel In all honesty, it took me a long time until I was ready to invite clients to join a group trip whether cruise or land. As a traveler with disabilities, I wasn’t sure that others with mobility issues would enjoy traveling with a large group of people using wheelchairs or…
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iDevices are iOpening for Blind and Visually Impaired
By Sheryl Bass, The Hadley School for the Blind In the eight years since the iPhone was invented, it has delighted social media savvy teenagers and overscheduled business professionals alike with its user-friendly design and its ability to respond to verbal commands with personal assistant, Siri. However, perhaps unexpectedly, the iPhone and other related devices (iPad,…
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You Don’t Have to Hear to Enjoy “Happy”
These days it seems like anybody whose anybody is covering or doing a parody of Pharrell Williams’s “Happy,” quite possibly the catchiest tune ever to grace the airwaves. And why not? Its funky, upbeat rhythm and ubber-positive message have been topping the charts worldwide. Lampooning musical icon Weird Al Yankovic couldn’t resist bestowing his signature…
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What About the Faces Behind the Screen?
Did you know that 71% of people with disabilities leave a website immediately if it is not accessible? Faces Behind the Screen (FBTS) is a storytelling project that strives to spread awareness about web accessibility by sharing stories from individuals from the disability community. Technology Users with Sensory Disabilities Find a Voice Launched in early…
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Abilities Expo and Wheel:Life Join Forces for the Community
Wheel:Life—a global initiative that assists people in addressing the many challenges and questions that come with using a wheelchair—is hitting 2015 running with a relaunched website and propitious new organizational partnership with Abilities Expo. “With our virtual audience spanning the globe, we wanted to do more to help introduce our members who use wheelchairs to lifestyle-enhancing…
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Meet the Startup that is Making the Great Outdoors Accessible for All
By Camilo Navarro, Wheel the World It was November 2014 when I visited Patagonia, the famous Torres del Paine National Park in the very last corner of the earth. There is a famous hiking circuit called the W trek, named like that because of the shape of a famous trail that you hike in five to…
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Wheelchair Accessible Travel…You CAN do it!
By Kristy Lacroix, Wheelchair Escapes Where would you like to go? What would you like to do? The world is opening up to the wheelchair traveler and I am here to help your accessible travel dreams come true! See the World from your Wheelchair I am a Certified Accessible Travel Specialist with more than 24 years…