The Adventure of a Lifetime
By Christine McMahon, Handicapped SCUBA Asssociation Perched precariously on the edge of a tiny, well-worn dive boat off of Little Corn Island, Nicaragua, on the western rim of the Caribbean…
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Experience the Thrill of the Climb
By Carole Praxmarer, No Limits Mark Wellman, adventure athlete and motivational speaker, a former Paralympian and Park Ranger, will demonstrate his innovative climbing techniques and sports gear adaptation for excited…
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Tips to Make Fitness a Part of Your Life
By Carolyn Mueller and Austin Bruhl, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago World-class wheelchair athlete, James Lilly, didn’t take ‘no’ for an answer when gang violence left him paralyzed at the age…
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Independence through Sports
By Sheila Radziewicz Take a moment and think about your view of sports. Many of us give little though to the impact of sports in our lives. Most of us…
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Kicking Coach Doug Blevins Creates Champions from his Chair
By Mike Ervin, Chicago Abilities Expo Ambassador Doug Blevins was only four years old on New Year’s Eve, 1967, when the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in the…
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Martial Arts Therapy: Helping Children Take an Active Role in Their Own Healing and Rehabilitation
By Rabbi Sensei Gary Moskowitz, Martial Arts Therapy The more we move forward in time with breakthroughs in technology, the more we need to understand how to use and build…
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Team USA Wins Back-to-Back World Championship
In early November, all the eyes of the power soccer world were on Paris, France as the Halle Carpentier hosted the 2011 Federation International Power Football Association (FIPFA) World Cup. Team…
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Embracing the Zen with Adaptive Yoga
It seemed to happen overnight, constantly running into fellow co-eds on my University of San Francisco campus who were either a hot sweaty mess or all Zen’d out or both.…
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Is Our Addiction Policy Needlessly Killing People?
By Mel Raymond, Health writer Within the disability community, we are no strangers to the idea that our health services and government do not always have entirely the right idea…
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Does Advocacy Really Make a Difference?
By Mickae Lee, National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) All advocacy action begins not just with acknowledging that change is needed, but also believing that change is possible.…
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Flying the Friendly Skies with a Disability
By Autumn Grant, Abilities Expo Ambassador Traveling for pleasure can be one of life’s most rewarding experiences. Sure, a mobility disability can often add a layer of complexity to this…
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Use-Now Pointers to Ensure Smooth Air Travel
By Tabassum Chagani, Travel for All I’ve flown all over the world, and it just so happens that I travel in a wheelchair. Air travel can be uncomfortable for many people—with…