The last few weeks have been challenging here in the upper mid-west. This is a good old-fashioned hard winter. Extreme cold, plentiful snowfall, and high winds have made life extremely [...]
What does Freedom mean to you? Freedom has been helping people with disabilities live more independently for 30 years. During that stretch, we have helped countless individuals and families to [...]
Living in your own home can be challenging; but if you ask someone who is doing so because of access to resources, peer mentoring and skills training; they would tell you that it is worth it. [...]
Why are we always talking about sidewalks? Well, one thing I want to point out is that the sidewalk is only leading us to my next point. Dangerous cross slopes can make it difficult for someone [...]
Sometimes it seems like the smallest task is like climbing a mountain. For me, last week, my mountain was taking down the Christmas decorations and packing them away in the same box they came [...]
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 [...]
