In 2014, at 22 years old, Sarah Adam was building the life she wanted. She graduated from Augustana College in her native Illinois and embarked on a fulfilling career in occupational therapy, helping ...

When Karen Fernbaugh Roy tells fellow paraplegics to stand up for themselves, she means it — literally. In fact, her platform as the 2018 Ms. Wheelchair Louisiana is "Stand for Life." Roy, whose legs ...

When you donate a wheelchair to the Mobility Project, you're not just giving goods, you're giving dignity. Jenny Smith, a 33-year-old temporary transplant from Louisville, Ky., is heading up a ...

'Not Everyone Walks the Stage' is a children's book about a girl who uses a wheelchair. Author Sierra Andrews, an MSOE student, drew on her own experiences as a paraplegic. Andrews, who is graduating ...

One of the downsides of social media is people jumping to conclusions. It's even easier to do when the post is about something you don't know a lot about, such as wheelchair use. It is a subject I ...

Once a week, in the basement auditorium of the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., a group of men gather to discuss the various struggles and triumphs of life in a wheelchair ...

On a cold fall day at the Patchogue Family YMCA, Dan Lumley and his daughter, Emily, practiced the dance they would perform at her wedding. It was a moment that both believed might never happen, after ...

When Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 21, doctors told him he had just three years left to live. Hawking famously outlived the grim prognosis, and he exhibited an adventurous streak ...

GLEN ARBOR, MI -- Hikers with disabilities will find new options at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this coming year with the addition of a wheelchair bike. The new accessible bike will allow ...