No one likes to be left out or feel different. This isn’t just kids, it’s adults, too. And, when it comes to Halloween with everyone masked, everyone is on the same playing field. And, often times costumes that incorporate a wheelchair can be even better than costumes that don’t. Last year we posted our first-ever Read more…
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Mother Urges Disney to Portray Disabled Characters
Disney characters are all about showing inner and outward strength. Most children aspire to be like Disney characters in one way or another, as they look to up to these fictional characters not only as entertainment, but also as role models. Keston Ott-Dahl, a mother from California, has a daughter who suffers from Down syndrome, Read more…
How-to Find Accessible Pool Lifts in Your Area
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been life changing for people with disabilities since its inception in 1990. As you may already know, the main act was put into place as a way to prohibit discrimination of people with disabilities, but since its creation the ADA has expanded to include everything from employment opportunities Read more…
Smartphones Are Getting Smarter.. and So Are Their Apps
Nowadays there’s an app for everything, hence the popular term, “there’s an app for that.” Multiple apps for the iPhone and the Android now have the capabilities of assisting those with disabilities better than ever before. Here are a few of the many apps that help with accessibility: 1. Wheelmap Powered by openstreetmap.org, Wheelmap provides Read more…
Wheelchair Maintenance Tips
In much the same way that handicap vans need routine maintenance to stay in perfect shape, and get you to and from everywhere you need to go, the wheelchair you or the person you care for uses needs routine maintenance, too. And, much like there are different maintenance tips for every type of vehicle and Read more…
You’re Not You: a Novel Turned Movie About ALS
The ALS Association has spent a lot of time in the spotlight, as of late. This is primarily due to the Ice Bucket Challenge becoming a viral phenomenon and, in essence, sweeping it’s way across the various social media platforms. On the tail-end of that phenomenon, which wheelchair vehicles manufacturer Rollx Vans took part in, Read more…
Chicago Residents: Do You Know About KEEN?
New disability organizations are always surfacing. While it is definitely encouraging that more and more new organizations that assist people with disabilities are surfacing each and every day, sometimes it can be difficult to make yourself aware of each of the different groups in your area. And, finding one that matches exactly what you’re looking Read more…
Ms. Wheelchair USA 2014: Yvette Pegues
(Image via www.yvettepegues.com) This past July, Yvettte Pegues from Georgia, was crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA for 2014-2015. Since then she has continued to change the world by spreading awareness for those with disabilities. Not only is she this year’s Ms. Wheelchair USA, but she is also a wife, mother of two, a professional speaker, life coach Read more…
One Adaptive Sports Association in Illinois Making a Difference
(image via qctimes.com) Adaptive sports are more popular now than they have ever been before. It’s possible this is due to the ever growing number of communities and organizations bringing wheelchair users together to get involved and play sports (either again, or for the very first time). It’s possible this is also due in part Read more…
Creating Equal Access for Athletes
You have heard it before, and you will hear it again (at least a few more times)- Staying active keeps you happy and healthy. The challenge with that, though, is staying active is not always the easiest, most convenient or accessible possibility for wheelchair users. More often than not, wheelchair users need expensive custom solutions Read more…