Pack Your Bags! Next Stop: Accessible Spring Break
By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical Looking for an accessible getaway this Spring? Look no further. We’ve got a handy idea starter right here that you’ll love! For families with disabilities, one…
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Which Countries Offer an Accessible Experience for Your Study Abroad?
By Lucy Miranda Education is important to everyone and so is study-abroad experience. But not all countries are wheelchair-friendly. Online student advisor Vishnu Kumar has helped hundreds of students choose…
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Rollin’ Down Under: Sydney’s Top 5 Wheelchair Friendly Attractions
By Cory Lee, CurbFreeWithCoryLee.com Australia is one of the world’s most sought after travel and vacation destinations. Oftentimes that is great for ambulatory people, but wheelchair users might be hesitant to…
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Transportation Initiatives That Improve Accessibility
By Adrian Johansen All people deserve the right to travel. But a disability can make it difficult to drive, fly or use public transportation. Fortunately, various transportation initiatives to improve…
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Hot Tips for Cool Accessible Vacation Rentals
By Barbara & Jim Twardowski When our son, who lives across the country, agreed to spend part of his vacation time with us, we began looking for wheelchair accessible accommodations…
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Seva Accupressure for Caregiver Stress Release
By Regina Rosenthal, PT, MA As a physical therapist, health coach and author I strongly relate to Abilities Expo’s mission, “to connect the disability community to live and online resources…
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I (Don’t) Care
By Kathryn Carroll I didn’t care about the ADA when my large-print textbooks arrived in elementary school.My friends and I giggled about the fact that just one took up an entire…
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Celebrating Our Unique Abilities
By Adam Farris, Younique Abilities Hello, my name is Adam. I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome in 1994 at the age of six. Later, in July of 2012, I was diagnosed…
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Study Poised to Help People who Use AAC
By David J. Hajjar, M.S., CCC-SLP, Ohio University Individuals with acquired neurogenic disabilities and have complex communication needs can experience many challenges with community reengagement. After experiencing inpatient services focusing…
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Design Matters: Fall/Holiday 2014
By Stephanie Alves, Founder/Designer ABL Denim Welcome to our Abilities community fashion blog from one of your own. Do you like the title? I love double entendres. But it’s true—design…
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Get Your Groove On!
Google “dance quotes” and you’ll get everything from poetic to cliché to biblical. So…to sum up…dance like no one is watching because there is a time to mourn and a…
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Lights! Camera! Garden!
By Wendy McPherson, Organic Gardener/Horticulturalist Last Sunday morning, I was up with the birds (the early ones) and buzzing around my backyard turning it into a movie set. This is Los Angeles,…