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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…
By Casey Cashman, U.S. Pain Foundation Chronic pain touches millions of Americans. The mission of the U.S. Pain Foundation is to educate, connect, inform and empower those living with pain while…
By Katie Wilson, Cordbloodbanking.com In the last two decades, hematopoietic stems cells (HSCs) drawn from the umbilical cord blood have thrown the doors open to scores of medical breakthroughs and they…
By Misa On Wheels, Cosplayer The term “cosplay” is the combination of the words “costume” and “play.” It, quite literally, means dressing up and having fun! But, cosplay is so…
