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Kempf: The Open Road Beckons
Almost 60 years ago, a French post-polio survivor who had lost the use of his legs revolutionized accessibility and automobility. Jean-Pierre Kempf’s brainchild was an accelerator ring attached to the…
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Breakthrough Speech Language Therapy App Wins Parents’ Choice Award and Users’ Choice
Junganew: A Herd of Sounds for “S” is the first in a series of story based speech and language therapy adventure apps that create an EXPERIENCE for children to learn their…
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Seeing before Believing Problematic for Invisible Disabilities
At first glance, Florida resident Debbie Mizrahi doesn’t appear to have a disability. Take a closer look, and you still can’t tell. One self-appointed parking lot watchdog couldn’t tell either…
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iFly Indoor Skydiving Opens Thrill of Flight to All Abilities
By Katherine Tillman, iFly Baltimore Individuals with special needs can soar beyond physical and cognitive barriers while experiencing indoor skydiving with iFly, the world’s largest indoor skydiving operator. Disability Community…
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
By Sarah Galbraith Laucks, OxyLife Hyperbarics Hyperbaric oxygen therapy(1), also known as HBOT or HBO therapy, is a treatment procedure that takes place inside an air sealed, transparent chamber filled with…
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Who Wants to Go to the Dentist? Not Me!
By Jolene Montgomery The 2016 US Census recorded that nearly 1 in 8 Americans are living with some form of disability and it is estimated that nearly 75% of adults in the…
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GO-Anywhere Shower Chair Expands Travel Horizons for Disability Community
By Laura Halvorson, Disability Rights Advocate and Abilities Expo Ambassador Traveling with a disability can be a challenge, but it can be done. When you have a physical disability and…
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Product Spotlight: GRIT Freedom Chair
If wheelchairs have opened doors for people with disabilities, the new Freedom Chair rips it off the hinges. But its ingenuity is not in a souped-up, mother-boarded, turbo-powered engine; it is in…
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Fleximug: Live Flexibly
The mug with the mobility and mission to change six million lives is here, and the product line is getting geeked out with new upgrades. Meet the Fleximug. Small Improvements in…
