If you like to see ordinary men (and women) risk their lives in death defying jumps, flips, stunts, and tricks, then you would most likely love Nitro Circus. Created by X-Games superstar Travis Pastrana, Nitro Circus is a traveling collective of daredevils who do everything from base jumping off high rise apartments to riding specialized Read more…
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Athlete with ALS Sets Her Eyes on the Paralympics
ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a degenerative condition which essentially causes the muscles of the human body to weaken and eventually, stop working. The speed at which ALS operates varies from person to person, but the majority of people with it die within 3-5 years of showing symptoms. The cause is typically respiratory failure as Read more…
New York City’s New Taxi: A Missed Opportunity for Accessibility?
The Ford Crown Victoria (more commonly called the “Crown Vic”) is a well known car immortalized for two reasons: it’s popularity as a cop car and it’s even greater popularity as a taxi. Specifically the famous New York City yellow taxis. But the Crown Vic was discontinued in 2011, leaving New York City in need Read more…
Finding a Creative Way to Raise Awarenesss
When it comes to promoting awareness, raising funds, or asking people to donate money to a cause, there’s often a lack of subtly. People are sometimes given guilt trips or forced to buy something they have no need for. It’s probably what scares people away from advocating causes in the first place. But when done Read more…
April is National PVA Awareness Month
They say that there is no greater love than for one man to lay down his life for others. Because of that, we believe that veterans deserve a lot of respect. The battlefield is a dangerous place where the stakes are life and death. Many veterans return home injured and even paralyzed. Readjusting to day Read more…
Six Year Old Buys Wheelchairs for Those in Need
How old do you have to be to help people with disabilities? Not very old according to Zack Francom of Provo Utah. When Zack was just 6 years old, his school was having a fundraiser. The plan was to raise money in order to buy wheelchairs for people who need them. But Zack didn’t want Read more…
Portable Wheelchair Maker Celebrates NDDAM
In case you missed our post from last week, the month of March has been National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (or NDDAM). NDDAM is an opportunity for people and organizations across the nation to bring attention to the numerous mental and physical disabilities that 20{4484a610ba12ad46baec767347073917e486819a83b2d744ced0feda89144e79} of adults struggle with. While some are certainly more serious Read more…
Introducing Wheelchair Accessible Pickup Trucks
Wheelchair vans do a lot of great things. They provide the mobility needed by many people with disabilities. Without wheelchair vans, there would be quite a few people who simply wouldn’t be able to live their lives the way they currently do. But as great as wheelchair vans are, minivans and full-sized vans Read more…
March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
In our last post, we mentioned that the month of May will be National Mobility Awareness Month. But did you know that this month is special too? In 1987 President Ronal Reagan declared that the month of March would be “National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month”. This was a huge push forward in the acknowledgement of Read more…
What is Cerebral Palsy?
In our last post, we talked about the traveling show called “Handicap This!”. One of the show’s creators and leads is a man named Mike Berkson. Mike Berkson is a inspirational speaker, actor, and soon to be author. Mike is also one of nearly a million people who suffer from cerebral palsy. Though Mike’s cerebral Read more…