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INNOVATION & GADGETS

Bringing brain technologies to life

Israel Brain Technologies (IBT) Breakthrough ideas for brain-related illnesses - from Parkinson's to Autism, from depression to ADHD - are being developed in labs and clinics throug…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Giving back!

Who am I? Hi, Mykeah Simpson and I'm from San Diego, California born and raised. I'm a 25 year old recovering from a six year spinal cord injury. August 9, 201…
FASHION

Modeling while being disabled

Life as a wheelchair model I’ve always loved to perform. When I was between the ages of 16 -18, I belonged to a drama school. At the time, I was very overweight, and as a resul…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Cerebral Palsy Warrior

Lucas This is Lucas Larson. He is 3 years old and was born three months premature. He and his twin brother, Gabriel, only weighed 1lb 12oz each when they w…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Surviving A Stroke With Support

The Stroke That Changed My Life In 1992, I was just a normal kid playing outside in the crisp spring air. I loved to tumble and do cartwheels. I remember doing a crab walk all aroun…
LEARNING & EDUCATION

SMILE #UWokeUp

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor Greetings! My name is Molly Cain. I am twenty-six years old and I am a traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor. Almost five years ago, March 30, 2012, …
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

75 Children Get Their Wheels

Variety SoCal kicked off its 75th Anniversary with the biggest Mobility Grant in the Charity’s history. On September 25th, 2016, 75 children with disabilities each received a brand new customized adaptive bike. Many of these children cannot walk on thei…
SPORTS, FITNESS & DANCE

Proving EVERY BODY is an Athlete Every Day!

Inclusive Exercise for all Abilities! Hi there! We are Every Body Athletics, a small group exercise program for adults with developmental disabilities located in Tigard, Oregon. Here at E…
OTHERS

Nothin' But Love

Our Story I am Gwen, wife to Scott, mom to Cal (age 18), Claire (age 16) & Lola (age 11). We also have two whippets named Romeo & Cash. Cash just so ha…
INNOVATION & GADGETS

How People With Special Needs Benefit From Cooking

Court's Cooking Blog: The Inspiration Behind Teaching People With Special Needs to Cook A few years ago, I was encouraged by a friend to cook dinner for my family. When I first began cooking it was incredibly hard, frustrating, stressful…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

The Day We Won the Lottery

Looking back on the day Nora was born, I always tell my husband Jim we should have played the lottery. The day Nora was born started out like any oth…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

SPECIAL NEEDS FAMILY

Making a difference and helping others My name is Linda Beale. I am a special needs mum and wife. My youngest son Tyler has autism, global development delay and sensory processing disorder…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Journey of Diagnosis

Jaeden Jaeden was born in March 2009. He was a healthy baby boy with no initial issues, even scored an APGAR score of 7 when he was born. At three months of…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Always aim for the future

From martial arts to para-archery Hi, let me introduce myself. My name is Marco and I'm living in The Netherlands. I used to do a lot of sports, including Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Hiking. …
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Living with the CMV virus!

Our journey living with the CMV virus. My daughter Sasha was born with a virus called CMV! When I first heard the words CMV virus I had no clue what it meant. I had no clue what this virus…
OTHERS

Our Modern Day Hero with Williams Syndrome

The Diagnosis: Williams Syndrome Ryder is literally my modern day hero! It was mid-December of 2013. Ryder had just turned two and we were will still frantically looking for answers.…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Tourette's Has Talent!

2e: Twice Exceptional I am half Polish, and I am a 4th generation immigrant (Why am I saying that, right??)  Basically, my family is from the polish part in chicago, …
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Downright Amazing

Part 1 Our story starts off a little traumatic, but I promise it gets better. My pregnancy with Carter was a piece of cake. No complications, no problems, n…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Caleb - A Life with Down Syndrome

Surprise! Caleb was a surprise all the way around.  When we found out we were expecting a baby in the fall of 2006, our daughter was already looking at co…
SPORTS, FITNESS & DANCE

SCI Wheelchair Basketball

My Dream Hi, I'm Milad. I was born in Iran, and I'm 25 years old. I used to love studying and playing basketball when I was a child. I played in a basketball …
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Story of Battling Chronic Kidney Disease

Fighting Against The Odds with Mixed Emotions You see happy "normal" families and families with children who have disabilities.  These families seem to have such an amazingly positive&n…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

How One Small Act of Kindness Changed My Life

A Hero in Disguise About ten years ago, Josh Aryeh took an 8-year-old girl for a ride in a rented Lamborghini convertible. The girl had been diagnosed with cancer at ag…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Living with Microcephaly

Erilyn; My Little Miracle! My daughter, Erilyn, was diagnosed with Microcephaly pre-birth. Microcephaly means Micro (small) Cephaly (head). It is a neurological disorder where …
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Emily Sofía: A Princess of Light Fighting Rett Syndrome

I'm Emily Sofía Hung Cisneros & I Have Rett Syndrome Hi, I'm Emily Sofía Hung Cisneros, and I have Rett Syndrome. I am 6 years old, I am Venezuelan, and I live in Valencia, Venezuela with my parents (Ne…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Aerilyn's Life with Trisomy13

"Your child's condition is incompatible with life" Hi my name is Aerilyn! I was born March 29th 2014 at 4lb 3oz a little peanut with a unique smile. At 26 weeks unexpected news of my me…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Get Back Up and Keep Trying: A Spina Bifida Story

Don't Give Up Once upon a time there was a little girl who couldn't walk. She crawled around the house or used a stroller/wheelchair to get around where she needed…
INNOVATION & GADGETS

I Write Throughout History

Paragraph 1 I am Dyseliexic and am on the Asberger Spectrum. In 1995 for my High School maginze, I wrote a poem. Being that the poem I wrote was on my favorite s…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

What Spina Bifida has taught me: Always have a positive attitude!

Living with Spina Bifida Hi, my name is Ashley Spicer and I was born with Spina Bifida. My whole life has basically consisted around surgeries or just staying at a hospital f…
DAILY LIVING & MOBILITY

Not A Disability, An Ability: My Daughter's Journey With Autism

Having Hope With Autism I'm the mother of an 18 year old daughter who has Autism. She has the mentality of an eight or nine year old. She has had at least 17 surgeries on va…
SPORTS, FITNESS & DANCE

THE LOVE OF BASEBALL

People said he would never talk, and he has proved everyone wrong Adam is the most loving and kind child I have ever known. All he wants is to be normal, and treated like everyone else and that is why baseball has b…