How Hiring People with Disabilities Helps Your Company

Dec 21, 2015
How Hiring People with Disabilities Helps Your Company

A company is always better when it hires people from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. One way to help your company increases its diversity while becoming a better place to work is to hire people who have disabilities. Whether an employee is missing a limb, suffers from Down Syndrome or has trouble walking or talking, that person could still be a talented worker and an asset to the team.


Change Coming to College Wheelchair Basketball

Dec 17, 2015
Change Coming to College Wheelchair Basketball

I hope this finds you well and that you are enjoying this holiday season. It has been a while since I posted, as I have been busy with work and completing another semester of graduate school.


The benefits of handcycling!

Dec 15, 2015
The benefits of handcycling!

Cycling is fast becoming an exercise of choice for many people all over the world for a number of reasons. It is not only a preferred method of exercising your upper and lower limbs but it is also a form of recreation for many people. In addition to that, it is also a method of transportation for a number of people all over the world.


Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Dec 10, 2015
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 10th is Human Rights Day, the annual recognition of the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. As one of the core documents of the UN – among other things, it defines basic things like “human rights” that are frequently referenced elsewhere – the UDHR remains one of the most important documents in the world.


Why Benefits Are Denied

Dec 09, 2015
Why Benefits Are Denied

Being diagnosed with a disability can be stressful and frightening as well. There are many health and life issues to deal with, it can be  multiplied by the financial worries that often accompany people with a disability especially if it prevents you from continuing your job.


Nutrition During The Holiday Season

Dec 07, 2015
Nutrition During The Holiday Season

Its tricky sticking to your healthy eating plan over the holiday season, especially when the treats are so readily available on the counter.  With so many temptations to gorge on cookie trays and reasons to skip exercise routines, how on earth will you ever stay motivated to stick to your plan this winter? 


Holiday Blues?

Dec 04, 2015
Holiday Blues?

Every so often many people report that they have the “Holiday Blues.”  Now, I am not 100% sure what that means. I know people can feel unhappy for not seeing family, or maybe going through some tough times during this part of the year. It appears as if this is specifically directed to the holidays.


The Right Mobility Equipment for You

Dec 02, 2015
The Right Mobility Equipment for You

An adult folding paddle walker can transform the quality of your life. This equipment allows you to live life to the fullest by offering additional support to maintain your balance while walking.


Health Disabilities Can Be Easy To Manage While Traveling Abroad

Nov 30, 2015
Health Disabilities Can Be Easy To Manage While Traveling Abroad

As the famous saying goes “the only disability in life is a bad attitude” therefore disability is just a matter of your perception. The world is advancing and has made some remarkable developments to open its doors to everyone, including the travelers with health disability. All the travel freaks and adventure buffs can take advantage of what the world has to offer and go on, an exploring mission without thinking about his/her disability by following these simple tips that will help them manage their health disabilities while traveling to a foreign land. After all, no disability should stop you from discovering what the world has in store.


Why Hire A Person with a Physical Disability?

Nov 27, 2015
Why Hire A Person with a Physical Disability?

A person with a physical disability is viewed by many as different. Thus, a fear or stereotype can exist that people with disabilities are not able to deliver the desired results when it comes to the professional context. However, it is very essential to come to terms with the fact that all of us have been solely created by the Creator for a specific purpose. If He has bereft them of a certain human feature, they are bound to have some extraordinary quality or skill that distinguishes them from the rest. This is how the natural decorum of things goes about. It is human nature that one strives for perfection and wouldn’t want to settle for anything else other than the best. However, accepting someone with a different perspective may turn out to be beneficial in the long run. Following are some concrete reasons to hire people with physical disability.