Lofty and Accessible
By Deborah Pierce, Pierce Lamb Architects Kathy Tarantola Photography Lofts are intriguing spaces when it comes to universal design. Their characteristic open-plan layout makes them supremely accessible – minimum walls and…
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A Child With Autism Reaches Out
A Poem by Berg Two and a half years ago, 7-year-old Berg came to Horse Boy World burdened with a diagnosis of PDD-NOS and selective mutism. Virtually non-verbal, she rarely…
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The ‘Backbones’ to Living Fully with SCI
By Mike Ervin, Abilities Expo Ambassador For Reveca Torres, the key to recovery from her spinal cord injury was connection. Finding the disability community meant finding the technology, tips, resources…
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Product Spotlight: Crafted Elegance
It turns out that frustration is the mother of invention too. When Dianalynn Varin was diagnosed with CIDP, an autoimmune disease that affects the nervous system, she realized that she would…
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REV UP for National Disability Voter Registration Week
By Zach Baldwin, American Association of People with Disabilities There are over 35 million people with disabilities who are eligible to vote in the U.S. This number increases to over 62…
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They KNOW They Can Dance!
By Bonnie Lewkowicz, AXIS Dance Company and Abilities Expo Ambassador Axis Dance Company. Joel Brown and Sebastian Grubb.Photo by Michele Kumi-Baer AXIS Dance Company, based in Oakland, California, creates, performs,…
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25 Years Later, and NO ONE puts AXIS Dance Company in a Corner!
By Liam Passmore, Shave and a Haircut In 1987 when the Bay Area’s own AXIS Dance Company first performed, gas was 89 cents per gallon, The Simpsons debuted on FOX,…
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How to Write the Perfect Resume for a Job Seeker with Disabilities
By Mary Walton, Simple Grad Writing a resume is difficult at the best of times, but many job seekers with disabilities come up against many unique obstacles that may, at first,…
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Ring in the New Year with Health-focused Resolutions You Can Keep
By Lisa Wells, Cure Medical As we roll into 2019, now’s the time to reconfirm your focus on living a healthy, active life! Here’s a few ways you can focus on…
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Finding Expo as Child Shapes a Life and Career
By Scott Stone The Abilities Expo has been around for four decades, providing services and solutions to the disability community in an effort to build independence and open eyes to…
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The Power of Zumba
Corina Gutierrez was fed up with getting sick and feeling weak. Then, she heard about Zumba. A local instructor welcomed Corina and her power wheelchair to attend a class and…
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ReelAbilities: The Force Awakens
By Isaac Zablocki, ReelAbilities Film Festival ReelAbilities: NY Film Festival is the largest festival of its kind in the country. The festival reaches a broad audience and has a mission to…