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Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Rates Cities to Commemorate 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Denver and Chicago are some of America’s Top 20 most livable cities for people living with paralysis, rated by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. The Reeve Foundation commissioned the list in commemoration of the 20th anniversary [...] If you travel with a disability, handicap, physical limitation, mobility limitation, or developmental disability, have special needs, or use an electric wheelchair or handicap scooter, it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can to make disabled travel easier. Or if you’re a mature traveler or senior who is a slow walker or [...] Anne Rader skis. Down mountains in Colorado. With MS. And Cerebral Palsy. With a little help from a “slider”. And skiing instructor Asa McKee. Watch to see how she does it. And to find out what a slider is. [...] A form of artificial intelligence has been designed to help make life easier for people with dementia. Researchers have developed a computer system that reminds patients about their daily appointments. The computer-generated face known as MANA can talk, recognise faces and turn itself on when someone enters a room. MANA, or Memory Appointment and Navigation [...] A British Columbia home-care worker who put a client in a scalding hot bath and failed to get the man medical attention has been sentenced to three years in prison for the client’s eventual death. Raymond Brent Storie was convicted of criminal negligence causing the death of Wayne Walters, who had cerebral palsy and cognitive [...] Nick Vujicic has fallen down. And can’t get up. Yet. He may try a hundred times, but he always gets up. So what, you may think? Nick has no arms or legs, that’s what. Watch how Nick gets up: Visit Nick’s website at www.LifeWithoutLimbs.org [...] Jasmine Bethea may have been born with a disability, one where she was told she would not even be able to learn, but that did not stop her from graduating this week. She has proven her doctors and everyone else wrong, not only graduating – but doing so with honors. Jasmine’s doctors had told her [...] |
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