(Image via teamgleason.org) Raising ALS Awareness One Step at a Time In our last blog post, we talked about Steve Gleason and how he challenged Microsoft to design an eye-controlled wheelchair. Well, besides making a huge impact from encouraging and challenging new technology to allow typing with your eyes and an eye-controlled wheelchair, Steve Gleason Read more…
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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…
Air Force Team Trains for the Warrior Games
Get your wheelchair accessible vehicles ready… the Warrior Games are almost here! Team Air Force The Warrior Games team Air Force completed a week-long training camp on August 8, in preparation for the upcoming event. Members of the team trained at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Fort Carson and at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. 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…
A Portable Exercise Solution for Wheelchair Users
Exercising is not always an easy or fun task to accomplish. This is especially true for wheelchair users because adaptive exercise equipment can be bulky, expensive and often requires additional assistance from a helper or caregiver to use. Plus, if said user does a lot of traveling in their wheelchair van, the equipment cannot be taken Read more…
Fiction Favorites for Children with Disabilities
If you are a parent and your child is feeling down about something, chances are you try everything you can to make them feel better. But, what if the thing they are feeling down about is something you aren’t sure how to explain? Some parents turn to children’s books that explain the answers to difficult Read more…
Do You Have a Favorite MDA Telethon Moment?
There’s one thing that many disability advocate organizations have in common: their mission is to improve the lives of people living with disabilities. The Muscular Dystrophy Association is no exception. One way, in particular, that they’ve been using for nearly half a decade is the MDA Show of Strength Telethon. History in the Making What Read more…
Exoskeleton Approved by FDA
A few months ago, we shared with you the story of a woman named Amanda Boxtel, her journey to never give up and her dreams to walk again. Her dreams were made possible with the assistance of technology. Now, that same dream can become a reality for many other people living with spinal cord injuries Read more…
Upcoming Event: Annual West Coast Disability Pride Parade
We talk a lot about adaptive sports being a great way for people with disabilities to get out, stay active, healthy and socialize. But, there are other ways wheelchair users can get out and about in their handicap vans, and also great ways for their friends, family, and advocates to get involved, too. One perfect Read more…
World Sport Chicago
World Sport Chicago is a non-profit organization that utilizes sports to promote strength, values, and leadership. They offer sports programs and events for all athletes, including those with physical disabilities, while they strive to promote an overall healthier community. Their overall mission is “to promote the development of sustainable sports programming that improves the quality Read more…