Comedian Drew Lynch lives his life by the motto: “Do something every day that scares you.” In 2015, Lynch won the hearts of so many on season 10 of America’s Got Talent where he made audiences laugh ...
struggled with the losses and limits she faced but couldn’t change – no matter how hard she tried. And she did try. First with her incurable severe stutter, then with the death of her daughter, ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - July is Disability Pride Month. It’s a time to celebrate the successes for the disability community and call attention to challenges still to overcome. Disability advocates in ...
HAWAII (WABC) -- New technology helped a little boy in Hawaii overcome a disability. 3-year-old Rayden Kahae was born without fingers on his right hand. Kahae's family could not afford a traditional ...
The Law Offices of Coats & Todd is pleased to announce the first-ever winner of its Overcoming Disability Scholarship. Shelby Rose Benzing has been awarded $2,500 to put towards educational expenses.
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Jeremy Gaia has been playing sports for most of his life and one of the 30-year-old’s favorite things to do is hit the links with his dad to play golf. “Jeremy has broad ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Katie Fetterolf worked her way up from an internship with Temple University's Institute on Disabilities to becoming the Assistive Technology Lending Library Coordinator. "It could take ...
Born and raised in the frozen tundra of Syracuse, New York, Nick's love for video games started as a young child. After being introduced to the world of Super Mario, he branched out to various other ...
When it comes to disability, a lot of ableist language and tropes are perpetuated by the media. Here's what experts have to say about how to talk... Disability can be difficult to talk about ...
Resource: Overcoming the challenges of disability: a crucial perspective in times of conflict and economic crisis. In Mali, the deteriorating humanitarian situation has forced more than 400,000 people ...
Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...