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Close up of big watch on the wrist of the disabled man

Oct 22

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Comfort Conversations: Top 10 Instances of Discrimination Against People With Disabilities

People with disabilities make up the nation’s largest minority with nearly 20% of the US population living with some type of disability. Unlike racial or ethnic groups, anyone can become part of the disability community at any time. ...

daughter and senior man in wheelchair on walking green nature.

Betsy Bailey · Assistive Technology · Medical Devices · Wheel:Life

Oct 05

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101 Mobility Chicago: Helping People Stay in Their Homes

Editor’s Note: When a dear friend was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Debra Mills decided to stop working and put her nursing background to use to care for her. As time passed and her friend’s condition worsened, she was exposed ...

A close up of the handbike athlete on the special bicycle asphalt track in Krylatskie Hills. Evening sunset above the road.

Betsy Bailey · Advocacy · Special Events · Wheel:Life

Oct 01

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It’s Disability Awareness Month! Here’s What’s Happening Near You This October

In late summer of 1945, as World War II was coming to an end, President Harry S. Truman officially designated the first week in October as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. As awareness increased over the years, the annual week-long ...

Betsy Bailey · Wheel:Life · Wheelchair

Sep 28

6361 Views

Go Off the Beaten Path with the Outbounder 6×6

Editor’s Note: After falling from a tree while hunting, Geoff Newmyer became a T9-T10 paraplegic. A few years later, a friend shared an article with him about the Outbounder, an off-road wheelchair that just happened to be produced only 45 minutes ...

Betsy Bailey · Advocacy · Wheel:Life

Sep 20

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Causes for Change: Making a Difference at Home and Abroad

Editor’s Note: As an infant, Zully JF Alvarado contracted polio, but at the time, the villagers in her home country of Ecuador didn’t have the resources or knowledge to properly diagnose her condition. When a priest on a mission trip took ...

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Betsy Bailey · Accessible Travel · Wheel:Life · Wheelchair

Aug 28

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The Story of Two Guys, a Wheelchair, and El Camino

What was simply meant to be two best friends hiking El Camino de Santiago together, as literally millions have done before them, turned out to be so much more than either of them could have ever imagined or expected. In the documentary I’ll Push ...

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