How Meditation Helps Me Deal with Disability Grief
I have spent the last decade slowly but surely transforming into a wealthy white woman. Tickets to the Metropolitan Opera at least once a month during the season? Check. Living with my family on the Upper East Side? Check. And I began to meditate. Yahtzee! Before you think I’m going
WorldScribe: Real-Time Surrounding Descriptions for the Visually Impaired
Issue: Visual aids for the disabledAuthor: University of MichiganPublished: 2024/10/11Post type: Reports and minutesContent: Summary – Introduction – Main article – Related topics Synopsis: A world of color and texture could soon become more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision through new software called WorldScribe. The
From Forest Trails to Flight of Stairs: The BEAST Redefines Wheelchair Mobility
Dr. Jaimie Borisoff, Paralympic gold medalist in wheelchair basketball and director of BCIT’s MAKE+ applied research group, is leading a team to compete at Cybathlon 2024 in Switzerland. This unique competency promotes the development of assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Borisoff’s journey began at age 19 when a car
More Restrooms Have Adult-Size Changing Tables To Help People With Disabilities
Nancy Baker Curtis demonstrates using an adult-size changing table with her son Charlie at a rest stop near Adair, Iowa. The table is motorized, so it can be lowered when a person needs to get on and then raised to change it easily. (Tony Leys/KFF Health News) ADAIR, Iowa —
What is the Best Hearing Aid? — Blog
“I’m worried about my hearing but I’m not sure which hearing aid to buy. Which is the best? “My audiologist recommended brand X hearing aids. Are these the best? People ask me questions like this all the time, mostly people new to the experience of hearing loss, whether about themselves
Day in the Life: Interior Designer Maegan Blau
As a child, Maegan Blau was always painting walls, rearranging her bedroom furniture, and spending time after school at her family’s furniture store in Arizona. He had an eye for design from a young age, but never saw it as a career path. Blau suffered a C8 spinal cord injury
Disability Employment Soared During The Pandemic. Can The Trend Survive?
PHILADELPHIA — Since Rodney Whitmore suffered a gunshot wound in 1995, he has needed help getting around. Since then, he has experienced firsthand the difficulties of navigating a world that is not designed with wheelchair users in mind. One of the challenges is holding down a job, even one in
Tips for Dealing with Spasticity
Anyone who lives with spasticity can attest to how irritating and uncomfortable spasms can be. Spasms can cause pain, insomnia, and secondary injuries, and they have the ability to ruin any situation. At the same time, for many wheelchair users, maintaining a certain level of spasticity can help with functional
Social Security Implements Changes To SSI Program
The Social Security Administration said there are now several new rules for the Supplemental Security Income program. (Disability Scoop) Several updates to Supplemental Security Income are taking effect, which will affect how benefits are calculated, ease the reporting burden and likely expand the number of people who qualify for the
New Mobility Newsletter – Oct. 1, 2024
New number The $1,000 wheelchair What do you get when you add YouTube’s startup capital, cutting-edge manufacturing techniques, and a consumer-centric sales model? A wheelchair that could revolutionize the mobility equipment industry. Seth McBride travels to Utah to visit Not a Wheelchair and see how the company plans to offer
Congress approved a short-term extension of the Autism CARES Act ensuring that programs operating under the law will continue through December. (think stock) Lawmakers approved a short-term extension of the nation’s primary autism law, but the path to renewing the measure, which includes nearly $2 billion for developmental disabilities, could
Trump Faces Backlash For Calling Harris ‘Mentally Disabled’
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally inside the Mosack Group manufacturing warehouse in Mint Hill, North Carolina, last week. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer/TNS) Disability advocates and members of both political parties are criticizing former President Donald Trump after he described Vice President Kamala Harris as “mentally disabled”
