Van Brooks Keeping His Community SAFE
Van Brooks’ free education-centered nonprofit for kids is transforming his Baltimore community.
April 2018
Man About Town José Hernandez
José’s road to being an outspoken advocate started when he attended a meeting of United Spinal’s New York City chapter.
Following a Dream
Following a dream she had one night, Kristina Rhoades and her husband quit their jobs, sold their home and moved to New Mexico. After a career in sales, she turned her focus to creating desert retreat experiences for people with disabilities and other groups.
March 2018
From Walker to Wheeler
Chronicling life in the odd limbo between being able to walk and using a wheelchair.
The Power of Connecting
Our meeting was a testament to the power of social media to connect people with similar situations. Though we had never met any of the attendees in person, we weren’t rolling into a group of strangers, but an extended family separated only by distance and length of Facebook friendship.
Dog Whisperer Daniela Schirmer
Daniela never could have imagined the bond she would develop with her Canine Companion for Independence, Z-Dog.
Share: March 2018
People of the Year; Gear Hacks DIY Workspace; Wound Care Marathon
February 2018
How Dis History Became Drunk History
The backstory of Drunk History's episode on disability rights told by our man in Hollywood, Allen Rucker.
“Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” to hit Theaters This Spring
The film based on the memoir of cartoonist John Callahan premiered at Sundance in January.
Couples We Love
In movies, TV shows, magazines, books and pornography we are shown what sex and relationships are “supposed” to look like: normative bodies strolling hand-in-hand down an inaccessible hiking path with the sun shining through the trees. It’s flawless skin brushing up against rock hard abs with meticulously groomed eyebrows and genitals, and no hemorrhoidal skin tags. Phooey.
