Lifestyle and Outdoors

By Greg Smith, Sr., The Strength Coach iDiversicons, the world’s first diverse emoji keyboard has released new “Disability Pride Emoji” in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Fourteen disability emoji have been added to its existing line of diverse images that offer a new seamless iPhone and iPad keyboard. If these…

By Kim Lan Grout, Redefining Disabled Project Meet Kim and learn more about the Redefining Disabled Project at Abilities Expo Bay Area, November 21-23, 2014. My day starts before my two toddler girls wake and ends after they’ve laid their heads back down to dream. My husband and I are often left as puddles of…

By Kindra French, Mobility 101 of San Diego When I was a little girl, my grandma used to say all kinds of things. She was a perpetual fountain of wise phrases: “When a task is once begun, never leave it ’til it’s done.” “A place for everything, and everything in its place.” “Go with God, and…

Brace yourself for this startling series of jaw-dropping Accessible Don’ts. Quick tip: They will be much funnier if you can ignore the larger implications that real people actually planned and executed these travesties of accessibility. We Don’t Recommend the Scenic Route From Spoon & Tamago. Oh, so many questions. For example…why? Wouldn’t it have made…

By Stephanie Alves, ABL Denim Whether it’s colored leaves falling or Indian summer in your part of the country, Fall inspires hitting that refresh button. New events, new opportunities, impending holidays and future gift giving can inspire some ideas that add dimension to life and relationships. How we dress can reflect on how we feel. People…

By Elyssa Horvath, Friends of Oak Forest Park An action-packed Festival is being held in Houston that will bring a sense of togetherness, inclusion and much needed joy while residents begin to recover and rebuild. The Festival of Abilities on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 3:00 – 7:00 pm, will benefit a landmark Playground for All Abilities…