By now, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a video passed around social media about a little girl who recovered from leukemia. While that alone is cause for celebration, the truly amazing part is how it was done. According to the doctors in the video, they injected the girl with a modified strain of HIV, Read more…
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Bungee Jumping for Disability Awareness
A 21-year-old man, Riley Martin, recently made a bungee jump leap off a 170-foot bridge in Whistler, British Columbia, to raise awareness for disabilities. So, what’s special about this, you ask? The college student made the fall while in his wheelchair. Riley Martin has been without the use of his legs for the past four Read more…
The Side by Side Wheelchair Accessory
Tammy Kalinsky, a student studying design in Israel, recently filed a patent for a wheelchair accessory that will allow caregivers the opportunity to be social with the wheelchair user they are pushing. The Concept Kalinsky noticed that people with special needs, kids especially, need to be able to communicate with their guardian or caregiver while Read more…
Morph Wheels: A More Portable Wheelchair has been created
There are many reasons why vans are the most popular choice of transportation for wheelchair users. Particularly wheelchair vans. One of those reasons is simply because wheelchairs are particularly portable. Even wheelchairs that fold can take a lot of space thanks to their wide wheels. But what if you could fold the wheels too? That’s Read more…
Common Causes of Paralysis
Our vans are used by all sorts of wonderful people. We love to talk with them and find out their individual stories. Everyone’s is different. But as different as our customers and their stories are from one another, there is one trait that most of them share. Most of our customers use a wheelchair to Read more…
Multiple Sclerosis Trial Hopes Over-the-Counter Drugs are a Treatment
This fall, the Multiple Sclerosis – Secondary Progressive Multi-Arm Randomisation (MS – Smart) Trial hopes to find a possible treatment for advanced MS. The trial The trial is taking place in London and Scotland and will test three common drugs to see if they can slow the progression of late-stage MS. The drugs, including Amiloride, Read more…
Fully Accessible Community Playground
Last week’s ribbon-cutting ceremony made a nonprofit’s dream for a completely accessible playground a reality. Disability Connection, located in Southern Mississippi, wanted to bring a playground to their community that was not only handicap accessible, but engaging for people with disabilities. The Amenities The community playground includes specialized equipment such as a modified slide called Read more…
Could Male Balding be a Sign of ALS?
Hair loss is something almost every man dreads. The idea that your head might be forever exposed to the elements is hard to accept. Some men are lucky enough to have good genes. Others are less fortunate. There’s an entire market out that geared to the latter. For many men, hair is a point of Read more…
Underwater Wheelchair Diving
Sue Austin, the founder and artistic director of Freewheeling, an initiative aiming to further the genre of Disability Arts, took her wheelchair to the sea for an underwater diving adventure. The idea: Austin started using a power chair 16 years ago after an illness affected her mobility. The idea for an underwater wheelchair came to Read more…
Could Google Glass Help People Live Better Lives?
The success of new technology depends not just on the quality of a product, but audience for it. Glass is a new product from Google that acts a person Heads-Up-Display for your day-to-day life. At first glance, Google Glass looks like some sort of visor straight out of science fiction. And to be honest, it Read more…