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Tomorrow I'm getting new arms – I'm sure that's not something you read every day! Probably about my 20th pair over the course of my amputee life. This time... Upper arm sockets – burnt orange and yellow flames, a la Orange County...
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” Deepak Chopra
Same goes for adults I’d say. And maybe there’s no other time like springtime to open that door - to...
There are heroes all around us. Specifically, heroes with disabilities. Too bad we can’t always tell them so.
Long has it been somewhat of a faux pas to admire someone with a disability just because… well, just because they...
“If I can fix a motorcycle, why can’t I fix a prosthetic,” says arm amputee Mark Lesek in this week’s...
A gallon of gas cost $1.34. East and West Germany reunite. "The Simpsons" first appear on FOX TV. Desert Shield begins with U.S. troops in Kuwait. A hole in the Ozone Layer above the North Pole is discovered. The year?
It’s...
The standard subject about handicap parking spots – perfectly-able people persisting to park without a permit – is getting as tire-worn as those few cars still on the road that pre-date the iconic blue sign. And the self-centered...
Judith Snow is an internationally recognized author and lecturer, and a world leader on inclusiveness issues for people labeled disabled. She has lived a lifetime of quadriplegia. At 12 years of age, she sketched a drawing of a person...
Last year Play to Podium magazine helped spread the word about a fantastic contest called filmpossible.
Filmpossible is back. The response was so good in 2010, Holland...
Being a horse guy - wanna-be cowboy maybe - one of my favorite movies has got to be Secretariat. Big Red, he was nick-named, a huge sorrel-colored stallion. What I really loved about the movie was its inspiring spirit... overcoming...
IMAGINE an organization today without a website. Believe it or not, just ten years ago there was still resistance and reluctance by some associations to have one. Today, many associations are at a similar crossroads. But this time it’s...
Kickin’ off the DT Network blog with wise words from project consultant and founder of New Found Frequency, Reginald Ray: “Social media will be here for a long time. Consumers hit the ground running with these new social tools, and they...
