Today is national Ed Roberts Day. Some of you may not know who Ed Roberts was or what he accomplished. Ed Roberts was born January 23rd, 1939 in San Mateo, California. He was like most young boys [...]
Diversity. It is more than sexual orientation, culture, or disability. Neuro diversity should also be celebrated – think of neurodiversity. Click here to hear why we should be celebrating [...]
The article from The Mighty highlights an episode of Speechless, where a young man with CP takes charge of his IEP meeting at school. The importance of teaching all children and young adults to [...]
Last August Justin Levene’s wheelchair was forgotten on his flight and was forced to drag himself through the airport with his hands. Mr. Levene is a wheelchair athlete and wanted to take [...]
US Paralympian Simmer Liz Johnson, just stepped out of the pro-athlete circuit and this is what she’s come to discover. As an extension of our recent blog about the Danger of a Single [...]
Independence really can be impacted significantly by a small well-designed tool. Singaporean designer Kevin Chiam developed a set of cooking tools for the visually impaired in his final year at [...]
Chimamanda Ngozi, from Nigeria, came to America and learned quickly that her American born college roommate had it all wrong. She says that the American media feeds you a single story and so [...]
According to the LYFT blog, they are willing to give people free or low-cost rides to your local polling place. They want to help the 15 million people in American registered to vote that didnt [...]
Pippa Stacey is not an inspiration; she a woman working for the same things you are. We hear stories all the time about people with disabilities who overcome the odds and it makes us feel good [...]
Articles like this one are not difficult to find, neither are stories of people with disabilities sharing stories about the ignorance of people who park in the access aisles of accessible parking [...]