When nine-year-old Homewood resident Chloe Ochoa had a hard time finding books with kids in wheelchairs, she decided to fix the problem by writing one herself. Chloe has been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type III, which is a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Because of it, she cannot walk on her own, and her arms […]

[dropcap style=”inverted”]What would you do with Google Glass?[/dropcap]     The company asked the public that question, with the hashtag #ifihadglass, to help find testers for its “explorer” program. Though those applications are closed, one local engineer from Wayfair posted on Google+ last month a fascinating idea with potential social impact: use it to allow physically […]

Sex assistants or surrogate partners are usually professionals, male and female, who help people with physical-motor disabilitiies, as well as those with cognitive/psychological problem, to have an erotic and/or sexual experience. In order to get to know a profession that is still not widely known in Italy or many other European countries, we spoke to Lorenzo Fumagalli, […]

UAB students invent a wheelchair that helps disabled children get moving By Marie Sutton When Jennifer Sheppard learned that University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering students created a motorized wheelchair for 1- to 3-year-olds, she was eager to let her daughter give it a try. Mary Graham, 2, was born with scoliosis, hip dysplasia and muscular […]

There are many different types of disabilities, therefore, when making changes to adjust a home for someone with a disability , you first need to consider what type of disability it is, the individual’s specific needs, then the dimensions to follow based on disability access laws. Here are some things to consider when adjusting the home to […]

Dubbed the the Lord Humongous, Lance, 52, spent $1,000 (£645) and a month building the customized wheelchair with a flamethrower out of an electric golf cart, a helicopter seat, all terrain tires and old dental machines. Lance, from Phoenix, Arizona, said: ‘I love fire and wheelchairs so I thought why not put them together. ‘The […]

Play the wheelchair racing game that started it all. You can have fun playing the wheelchair rush game where you control a wheelchair through obstacles. This game can help children see that being in a wheelchair is nothing to be worried about. You can still have a lot of fun and can play games as […]

A federal judge’s decision on Friday means that Abercrombie & Fitch will have to modify its Hollister Co. stores to make them wheelchair accessible. Nearly 248 Hollister stores around the nation have stepped entrances, making them inaccessible for people in wheelchairs. The Albany-based Abercrombie had argued that the retailer’s Hollister chain was complying with the […]

How many people in the UK have a learning disability? It’s estimated to be approximately 1.5 million.  The percentage is astonishing if you do the math.  It’s estimated to be about 3 percent.  Can you compare that with the United States? Please with disabilities are fifty eight times more likely to die before the age […]