June 4, 2010
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Helen Keller Day-June 19th

Virtual Helping Hands and a coalition of community volunteers are proud to announce Helen Keller Day in Second Life. Named for a true innovator in accessibility, Helen Keller Day is a community-event that explores how ...

May 26, 2010
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How do you see yourself? Glee!

What's it like to be a geek, nerd, well, any walk of life in High School? Nay, what's it like to be different? What is it like to walk in someone else's shoes? Glee, a fictional TV show (just wanted to put that out there first), is a show that explores many different things that teens ...

May 16, 2010
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Team Sport: Bowling

I went bowling this weekend with a friend and it brought back a story I did several years ago for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. I thought I'd dust it off and share it with you all. It's a perfect example of team work. The ball rolled down the lane sliding to one side then curving to ...

May 8, 2010
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Strength In Assistance In Woods Class

What do you get the world's greatest mom? What do you do when you're only in middle school and have a physical disability to make the perfect gift for the world's greatest mom? What do you do with power tools? Shop class was one of those classes which any boy looks forward to (and some girls). ...

April 21, 2010
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Hippo Inclusion In The Classroom

Walking into the room, fifty eyes were staring at me. The teacher told me to take a seat as she resumed taking roll call. All summer I had waited for this day, but when it finally arrived, I was scared to death. After my first four years of schooling in a special school, I was ...

April 18, 2010
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Morgan’s Dream Is Now Entertainment For All

What do you get when you take a dream, add in a pinch of creative willpower, and a dash of financial support? A place designed and run for everyone. Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio, Texas, is the world's first ultra accessible family ...

April 10, 2010
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Job Security In Growing Industries

Better start putting more handicap parking spaces, more spots in movie theatres for people with disabilities, more ramps instead of stairs, and well, just more. The disability population is growing. Not only from more accidents due to inattentive driving (texting or talking on a cell phone), but from lack of ...

April 5, 2010
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Casting The First Stone

What would you say if someone said, "Because of your sin, you have this disability." I read a twitter message about this over the weekend and it shocked me that someone would say such a thing to another person. According to this person, who was making a judgment and casting the first stone, those who sin ...

April 1, 2010
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Banning Easter

It's that time of year again. Well, depending what date it is on the calendar this year. It's the ever floating holiday. What's worse is everything that goes into this holiday. First, they load up a whole bunch of hens with extra stuff to help them lay more eggs. Then a special group of hens get ...

March 28, 2010
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Living With A Disability

What is it like to have a disability? This is a hard question for me to answer. I've had my disability, Arthrogryposis (Ar-thro-gry-posis) since birth, so I have no way of knowing what it's like not to have a disability. The physical challenges I face every day, like trying to put on my shoes, can ...

March 24, 2010
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Parents How To Book?

Just the other day I was looking through the library for a book. I looked under self-help, inspirational even humor. No matter where I searched, I couldn't find The Book on raising children. There are books on almost every other subject, but when it comes to a how-to book on raising children, it doesn't exist. Whether ...

March 22, 2010
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Monday Already?

It seems like it was just Friday. Amazing how quickly time goes when you're away from work. Like my cat, sometimes getting up in the morning and crawling out from under the covers is not welcome. And this ...

March 21, 2010
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Reading A Menu Without Sight

Have you ever been to a restaurant with a friend with a vision impairment? Well, either you had to read the menu to them or the waiter had to. While few people would object to being read a menu, a little thinking about this procedure ...

March 18, 2010
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Opening Up To New Ideas

Let me start today's story with a tool that has many openings. To me there is nothing that compares to the multifunctional use of a can opener. Not only can it open bottles, but cans, jars, frozen dinners and more. It took creative thinking to find this invaluable tool. Frustration was just something I dealt with ...

March 13, 2010
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Arthrogryposis At The Paralympics

With an unimposing walk, Luca Patuelli made his way to the center of the BC Center in Vancouver, Canada. He was on the world's stage. He was one of many helping entertain thousands. It's the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Paralympic Games. At ...