"Holy Father can we take a selfie?" asks Simona. "But I don’t know how” replies Pope Francis. It's easy,  just click here!" Simona was received by the Holy Father on July 13th. The excitement was skyrocketing, but you have to take a step back in...

ROME — Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was seriously injured again in a handbike crash on Friday — nearly 20 years after losing both of his legs in a horrific auto racing accident. Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena...

My name is Chris Purnell. I am a wheelchair user from the UK. I take photos of me, having fallen out of my wheelchair whilst doing ordinary day-to-day tasks. I call these photos, “don’t mind me.” There are some who find my photos funny, as...

There are few moments in life when you have the chance to meet people who put their lives on the line for the good of others. Here is one of those few - Christiaan "Otter" Bailey from California, who went his way after the accident,...

While Angela Madsen prepares her boat and waits for good weather to start her latest rowing adventure. I would like to introduce this exceptional athlete and her life. For Youlife.Rocks lighthouse series I had the chance for a private interview with her about her adventurous...

Ulla on racemodus Some weeks ago, I had a nice contact with Ulla from Finland. We both are motorbike - crazy people who live their passion in a wheelchair! But where I am on the road with the 3 wheels of a sidecar, Ulla goes...

Here is Will Allen, an incredibly brave kid. He may be in a wheelchair after a bad accident, but this Texas kid is impacting everyone in his life through his infections spirit and constantly positive attitude. His father has sent an wonderful message to our...

In the active wheelchair world, there are a lot of people looking to obtain or create a device that makes using a manual wheelchair easier. Where “easier” is defined as the ability to move farther and faster, more comfortably navigate rough sidewalks and slide slopes, jump...

*** In response to some comments. I am adding this preface. This Note is NOT just about only about Holding Doors. It is about the bigger picture of the low expectations of competence assigned to people with disabilities. It is about getting people to think...

And here I am in front of one of the most famous and visited stop ofTransylvania: the notorious Bran Castle, reachable from Brasov in about40 minutes by car. During the whole duration of my tour, except inBucharest, I rented a car with driver on the...

When I observe my situation, I have a pretty stable situation with my disability, after the accident there was a status to come to an adjustment. With congenital or progressive illnesses you always live with the fact that something will happen and it can get worse and...

Their next goal is to climb a mountain taller than 14,000 feet! Melanie Knecht and Trevor Hahn are hiking buddies, both from Colorado. However, they aren’t a conventional hiking team. Knecht is 29 years old and was born with spina bifida; Hahn is 42 years...

This kid is an actual genius! Get this - he and two classmates, designed and built an electronic mind-controlled wheelchair! Yup, you read that right! His name is Alvaro. He’s 26 (I know he looks younger!) Not only is he a genius (IQ in the...

Sex after paralysis   Sexual identity is a significant and encompassing aspect of one's personality – sexuality plays an essential role in how we feel about ourselves, how we relate to others, how others relate to us. To be sure, paralysis often impacts a woman’s...

Sex after paralysis Sexual identity is a significant and encompassing aspect of one's personality – sexuality plays an essential role in how we feel about ourselves, how we relate to others, how others relate to us. To be sure, paralysis often impacts people's sexuality, including...

Understanding depression Depression is a serious medical illness that involves the brain. It's more than just a feeling of being down in the dumps or blue for a few days. If you are one of the more than 20 million people in the United States...

I wrote a blog last month where I speculated that the principal cause of the segregation of people with disabilities from the rest of American life is not as deep-seated and seemingly intractable as bias based on racial or religious or sexual orientation. It is...

There are many misconceptions about people with disabilities and their relationships, including that they don't need physical intimacy as everyone does. These three couples on YouTube are sharing their lives with the world to fight the ignorance around interabled relationships. Squirmy and Grubs, Roll with...

A 6-year-old boy who according to doctors’ estimates wouldn’t make it past his third or fourth birthday continues to defy the odds despite undergoing 36 procedures in his young life. Grayson Smith, who is the youngest of his Alabama family’s four siblings, has even had...

Since we began the support group WAGS of SCI, we have gotten hundreds of emails from men around the world living with paralysis who are also single - and don’t believe they can find love again post spinal cord injury. These men are scared to...

"Holy Father can we take a selfie?" asks Simona. "But I don’t know how” replies Pope Francis. It's easy,  just click here!" Simona was received by the Holy Father on July 13th. The excitement was skyrocketing, but you have to take a step back in...

ROME — Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was seriously injured again in a handbike crash on Friday — nearly 20 years after losing both of his legs in a horrific auto racing accident. Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena...

My name is Chris Purnell. I am a wheelchair user from the UK. I take photos of me, having fallen out of my wheelchair whilst doing ordinary day-to-day tasks. I call these photos, “don’t mind me.” There are some who find my photos funny, as...

There are few moments in life when you have the chance to meet people who put their lives on the line for the good of others. Here is one of those few - Christiaan "Otter" Bailey from California, who went his way after the accident,...

While Angela Madsen prepares her boat and waits for good weather to start her latest rowing adventure. I would like to introduce this exceptional athlete and her life. For Youlife.Rocks lighthouse series I had the chance for a private interview with her about her adventurous...

Ulla on racemodus Some weeks ago, I had a nice contact with Ulla from Finland. We both are motorbike - crazy people who live their passion in a wheelchair! But where I am on the road with the 3 wheels of a sidecar, Ulla goes...

Here is Will Allen, an incredibly brave kid. He may be in a wheelchair after a bad accident, but this Texas kid is impacting everyone in his life through his infections spirit and constantly positive attitude. His father has sent an wonderful message to our...

In the active wheelchair world, there are a lot of people looking to obtain or create a device that makes using a manual wheelchair easier. Where “easier” is defined as the ability to move farther and faster, more comfortably navigate rough sidewalks and slide slopes, jump...

*** In response to some comments. I am adding this preface. This Note is NOT just about only about Holding Doors. It is about the bigger picture of the low expectations of competence assigned to people with disabilities. It is about getting people to think...

And here I am in front of one of the most famous and visited stop ofTransylvania: the notorious Bran Castle, reachable from Brasov in about40 minutes by car. During the whole duration of my tour, except inBucharest, I rented a car with driver on the...

When I observe my situation, I have a pretty stable situation with my disability, after the accident there was a status to come to an adjustment. With congenital or progressive illnesses you always live with the fact that something will happen and it can get worse and...

Their next goal is to climb a mountain taller than 14,000 feet! Melanie Knecht and Trevor Hahn are hiking buddies, both from Colorado. However, they aren’t a conventional hiking team. Knecht is 29 years old and was born with spina bifida; Hahn is 42 years...

This kid is an actual genius! Get this - he and two classmates, designed and built an electronic mind-controlled wheelchair! Yup, you read that right! His name is Alvaro. He’s 26 (I know he looks younger!) Not only is he a genius (IQ in the...

Sex after paralysis   Sexual identity is a significant and encompassing aspect of one's personality – sexuality plays an essential role in how we feel about ourselves, how we relate to others, how others relate to us. To be sure, paralysis often impacts a woman’s...

Sex after paralysis Sexual identity is a significant and encompassing aspect of one's personality – sexuality plays an essential role in how we feel about ourselves, how we relate to others, how others relate to us. To be sure, paralysis often impacts people's sexuality, including...

Understanding depression Depression is a serious medical illness that involves the brain. It's more than just a feeling of being down in the dumps or blue for a few days. If you are one of the more than 20 million people in the United States...

I wrote a blog last month where I speculated that the principal cause of the segregation of people with disabilities from the rest of American life is not as deep-seated and seemingly intractable as bias based on racial or religious or sexual orientation. It is...

There are many misconceptions about people with disabilities and their relationships, including that they don't need physical intimacy as everyone does. These three couples on YouTube are sharing their lives with the world to fight the ignorance around interabled relationships. Squirmy and Grubs, Roll with...

A 6-year-old boy who according to doctors’ estimates wouldn’t make it past his third or fourth birthday continues to defy the odds despite undergoing 36 procedures in his young life. Grayson Smith, who is the youngest of his Alabama family’s four siblings, has even had...

Since we began the support group WAGS of SCI, we have gotten hundreds of emails from men around the world living with paralysis who are also single - and don’t believe they can find love again post spinal cord injury. These men are scared to...