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Media Representation: Characters with Disabilities & Mobility Equipment

Although people with disabilities make up the nation’s largest minority, the number of television characters with a disability amounts to less than one percent of casts across popular networks. This figure, it seems, is finally on the rise.…
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Small but Powerful: Adaptive Tools to Transform your Everyday

Our adaptive vehicles have been customized to include tools and mobility equipment to facilitate each and every process involved in riding or driving an accessible car or van. Here are some small, but powerful tools designed to make your everyday…
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NMEDA and QAP Accreditation: What it Means for You When Purchasing a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle

With the commitment to provide consumers with the latest and safest methods of transportation, NMEDA’s Quality Assurance Program presents a systematic and documented approach to achieve, maintain and ensure quality for adaptive mobility solutions.…
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A Look at Equine Therapy for Children with Disabilities; Horses as Handicapped Vehicles

Throughout its use in the past few decades, equine therapy has become a viable and efficient method of improving the physical and emotional states of countless individuals. Have you ever thought of a horse as a handicapped vehicles? While in…
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Getting More from Your iPod: Apps for Children with Disabilities

Advances in technology have brought with them a slew of special tools for those living with disabilities. Amongst some of the most valuable are communication, development and education apps for children with disabilities, whether they are non-verbal,…
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Sit, Stay, Bring Me My Medicine: How Service Dogs Can Benefit People with Disabilities

Service dogs and their caregivers share an indescribable bond. These relationships extend far beyond that of a pet and owner, relating more to that of a close friend or family member. For people with disabilities, a furry companion can mean…
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Destination Spotlight: Morgan’s Wonderland

San Antonio, Texas is home to a very special sort of destination. Founded on the vision of providing a safe, clean and beautiful environment for individuals of varied backgrounds,Morgan’s Wonderland boasts 25 acres of colorful, educational…
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Don’t Miss a Minute of Summer

  Summertime is here and contrary to popular belief, it promises a variety of indoor and outdoor fun for kids with disabilities. While kids are enjoying the thrill of being out of school, the myth that engaging activities for children…
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Life Benefits from Art – Part 2

Some of the most expressive, healthful, interpretive and adaptive hobbies are in the arts for the disabled. Art, in all of its forms, allows a person to be creative, not only releasing emotion in the form of painted images or written words,…
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Life Benefits from Art – Part 1

Our hobbies have the ability to yield a positive influence by providing a healthy outlet to channel stress and employ creative abilities and resourcefulness. Assuming your interests are not harmful to your physical or mental health, the results…
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