Airline Seat Designed for Travelers with Mobility Limitations

Spending time with family and friends during the holidays is special. It’s a time for laughter, joy and the making of lifelong memories. However, traveling to see your family and friends isn’t always the most enjoyable experience and can be a real pain. While there has been technology advancements for handicapped vans, the same can Read more…

Locomotor Therapy and How it Could Help Spinal Cord Injuries

Researchers have spent years, decades even, studying the effects of spinal cord injuries and paralysis. So, when it was determined that the spinal cord could learn and in some cases legs could be retrained to walk, they developed a therapy that wouldn’t just write-off injuries. This development is locomotor therapy. What is locomotor therapy? Locomotor Read more…

Breaking Boundaries: Actor with Cerebral Palsy Plays Character with Cerebral Palsy

This past week, we released an infographic highlighting pop-culture characters that use wheelchairs. These characters often serve as a great representation of the wheelchair-using community.  Unfortunately, when it comes to portraying them in film or on television, the characters are typically played by able-bodied actors. For actors with disabilities, the opportunities to portray their real Read more…