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By Jennifer and Jeff D. Gorman, The Mobility Resource and BraunAbility Wheelchair Vans. Ben Lewin, director of Fox Searchlight’s new film, The Sessions, spoke with fellow polio survivor Jennifer Gorman of The Mobility…
By David Block, Disabled Dealer Magazine Thousands of people long to be published authors and actors, but in most cases their dreams never come true. However, that was not the…
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine One Letter at a Time is the life long story of famed marathoner and triathlete, Rick Hoyt, who together with his equally famous father, Dick…
By Chris Rohan, Disabled Dealer Magazine I first saw brothers Conner Green and Cayden Long on Good Morning America and was immediately drawn to them. Team Long Brothers was established the summer of 2011…
Watch My Gimpy Life Season One here Teal Sherer, an actress with a disability who was tired of waiting on Hollywood roles, created one for herself last summer when My Gimpy Life premiered to…
It all started in the spring of 2001 when Tim Wambach stopped by a school district office on a whim. He put in an application to be a substitute teacher…
By Narcel Reedus, Filmmaker Not Home, a documentary about kids living in nursing facilities, is a 99-minute feature that focuses on four interweaving stories. There’s Mathew, Qualeigh, Essie Evans and…
Jennifer French, a quadriplegic and competitive sailing athlete who recently medaled at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London, has release her new book, On My Feet Again: My Journey Out…
By Kristina Rhoades, Abilities Expo Ambassador Last summer, audiences were mesmerized as the Sundance Channel debuted a daring new series about four dynamic women who live in L.A. The Push Girls are…
By Louise Sattler Gabriel Cordell believes EVERYONE can learn from his story and message which is simple, “Anyone can be an athlete!” He believes that people in wheelchairs can be…
By Connor Doran, Dare To Dream Team My name is Connor Doran. On Season 5 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, I made it to the top 12 out of 90,000 people performing…
By Kristina Rhoades To me, conscious living is about awareness and intention. It’s the awareness that we have tremendous control over our own lives and the understanding that we are…
