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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Aspiring Doctor with CP Galvanizes Support for Alternative Paths to Med School
By Jerusha Mather My name is Jerusha Mather. I was born in Sri Lanka in December 1994. Because of my diagnosis of athetoid cerebral palsy, the doctors gave my parents little hope that I wouldn’t be able to walk or talk. My parents decided to move to Australia when I was just two years old…
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Why? Because They Said They Would.
For years, a group of dedicated adults from the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities‘ Rocky River Adult Activities Center has been volunteering their time on Wednesday mornings at because I said I would, a nonprofit dedicated to bettering humanity through promises made and kept. Together, Tasha, Dan, Eric and Maureen use teamwork to count, package, label,…
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Attention Shutterbugs: Enter your Pics in the Wheels UP! 2019 Photo Contest
By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical Is the winning photo for the 2019 Wheels UP! accessible photo contest languishing in your cloud? It could be one of you traveling, playing sports or just enjoying the great outdoors. Enter it right now in this annual photo contest from SPORTS ‘N SPOKES, the sports and recreation magazine of the…
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Explore the Magical Underwater World with Adaptive Scuba Diving
By Helen Armstrong, Dive Pirates It all started when three women sitting around the table after a great day of diving started talking about their new certifications as adaptive scuba instructors. Who can we teach? Who would be interested? As the news of the conflict in the Middle East filled the airways almost daily, the answer came easily.…
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What Should You Look for in an Accessible Vehicle?
By Lauren McKinnie Whether you’ll be utilizing a wheelchair ramp van to get around yourself or you’re looking into how to operate one for a loved one, there are many ins and outs of these assistance vans that you’ll want to know. When it comes to wheelchair vans, there are two different types of mechanisms that can…
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Signs Your Chronic Illness Is in the Way of Your Driving
By Keisha Greaves Imagine going to buy your first car, giving it a name, keeping it clean, getting used to your independence and then learning you have a chronic illness. Much like getting an initial diagnosis and struggling with denial and acceptance, coming to the conclusion that I would have to sell my car because of my…
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Find your Passion and Center in Accessible Yoga
By Jackie Gadd, BYOM YOGA My name is Jackie Gadd, and I’m a certified Yoga Instructor. I specialize in Adaptive and Accessible Yoga, which means I utilize props, tools and special skills to bring the principles of yoga to unique populations. I currently guide 14 different adaptive style classes each week in San Diego (mostly chair-based),…