39th National Veterans Wheelchair Games Showcases Veteran Athletic Spirit
Over 600 Veterans to participate in rehabilitation event co-sponsored by VA and PVA
WASHINGTON – More than 600 military Veterans from across the country, Puerto...
Toddler With Spina Bifida Can Now Get Around Thanks to Dad’s Creative Invention
https://youtu.be/tt4lfK1U4mY
A loving dad wanted his toddler son with spina bifida to have more mobility, so he created a device to help.
Doctors had realized...
Woman Goes Adaptive Heliskiing in Valdez, Alaska
https://youtu.be/Gbq9iCwm1Tc
A disabled mum achieved her dream of heliskiing and the magical moment was captured in an amazing video.
Mum and motivational speaker Sarah-Jane Stazsak,...
Comcast Launches Eye-Control For The Television
Xfinity X1 customers with physical disabilities can now use their eyes to change the channel, set a recording or search for a show.
Comcast today...
Ali Stroker Triumphs As The First Wheelchair User To Win A Tony Award
Ali Stroker took the stage by storm at the 73rd annual Tony Awards not just once, but twice. First, she brought the house down...
Introducing Voice Control on Mac and iOS — Apple
https://youtu.be/aqoXFCCTfm4
Voice Control gives your voice the power to navigate, dictate, and work your devices in a new way. Coming Fall 2019.
Introducing Voice Control. Your...
Rick Hansen’s new mission: Improving accessibility across Canada
Accessibility activist Rick Hansen has a new poster to show you. One with adjustable text at an eye level so people in wheelchairs can...
Quadriplegic Man Uses His Face to Move Wheelchair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zARSY2UuEB4
Jim Ryan was a pilot for 38 years but that all changed three years ago while on vacation in Hawaii with his wife, Isabelle.
"We...
A paralyzed former Georgetown football star just rode his wheelchair from L.A. to D.C.
Janne Kouri raised a fist and rode his electric wheelchair through an arch of red, white and blue balloons set up between Georgetown’s Healy...
Brain-controlled, non-invasive muscle stimulation allows chronic paraplegics to walk
In another major clinical breakthrough of the Walk Again Project, a nonprofit international consortium aimed at developing new neurorehabilitation protocols, technologies, and therapies for...
