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Erik Weihenmayer – No Barriers

Erik Weihenmayer opens his No Barriers podcast with the declaration that it’s easy to discuss the successes, but nobody really talks about the struggles, and it’s the struggles that help us break through barriers. As of 2023, roughly 370 people have climbed the Seven Summits, which are the highest peaks on each of the seven … Read more

John Leguizamo Interview

John Leguizamo’s breakthrough one-man shows influenced generations of performers of color to create their own art with authenticity. His characters include “Javier,” a wheelchair user, and his deaf “Uncle Manny,” who were based on real life family members. Leguizamo’s efforts to bring the stories of disenfranchised populations to light is evident in his stage productions … Read more

Artist Ella Onyebe — Painting Her Sightsaver – United Nations Mural in Nigeria

Language comes in many forms. Many may think of it in terms of speech first, then maybe in physicality, but art is a language and an essential part of how we communicate. In September 2024 the UN and the organization, Sightsavers, revealed four murals in four different cities across the world. They appeared in New … Read more

Neurosurgeons Establish Stroke Therapy with the Florida BrainLink Initiative

For eons, neuroscientists, including clinicians such as neurosurgeons and neurologists have striven to remedy maladies of the brain. The uniquely complex anatomy and physiology of the brain compared to other organs of the body have been a general impediment to progress. Of great interest has been failure to recover lost function after injury or damage … Read more

ISA Para Surf 2024 World Championships

Huntington Beach, California—better known as Surf City, U.S.A.—is a small town with a Nazaré sized legacy. Sitting pretty along Route 1, its iconic pier is a beacon for the surf community. Modern surfing as we know it owes its roots to Hawaiian waterman Duke Kahanamoku, who introduced the sport to Southern California in the early … Read more

Long Hall Paul – Picturesque Calendar

Changing of the Calendars — Supporting MS Chasing the Cure Winter is upon all of us, but that certainly means different things to different people. To many of us living in the northern states, the transition to Winter means preparing the house and yard for a few months of cold and being ready for the … Read more

EPIC Players Inclusive Theater Company

Founded in 2016, EPIC Players theater company was created as a neuro-diverse theater environment dedicated to creating professional performing arts opportunities for neurodivergent and disabled artists. To achieve this goal, EPIC offers inclusive mainstage productions, musical cabarets, original showcases and skills-based classes and career recourses. ABILITY Magazine’s Jennifer Woodall met EPIC performers Josh Cartagena and … Read more

DOL’s Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy Taryn Mackenzie Williams

According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released on February 22nd, 2024, only 22.5% of people with a disability were employed in 2023. Comparing that to the CDC which reports 1 in 4–or more than 70 million people in the US–identify as having a disability, we as a nation are looking at over a … Read more

Humor Therapy —The Squeaky Wheel

I’m a Disabled SSI Recipient and Medicaid Beneficiary on Food Stamps. Here’s Why I Support Donald Trump! Have you noticed how each election season, everyone assumes they know who you support based on your demographics? Christian? Got to be Republican. Queer? Democrat. Ignorant? Republican. Annoying? Democrat. It’s tiresome, and I’m here to publicly reclaim my … Read more

New design by Staki provides people with disabilities the joy of skiing

Ms. Eva has been struggling with multiple sclerosis (MS) for nearly thirty years. It primarily affects the mobility in her right leg. Although her diagnosis is overwhelming, she has been trying to devote herself to sports in her spare time just like she used to a long time ago. A special model of downhill skis … Read more

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