Plenty has been written about the new iPhone 4S, but one little known feature is the amazingly thoughtful AssistiveTouch. Now, you can literally turn the screen off if you're blind and operate everything — do your e-mail, surf the Web, adjust settings, run apps — by tapping and letting the phone speak what you're touching.
Nick Vujicic is a 28 year old motivational speaker. Born with more challenges and obstacles than most of us will face in a lifetime, Nick found the strength to surmount what others might call impossible.
For many Americans, the lasting legacy of Dick Clark will be his role as a stroke survivor determined to live a normal life. He had suffered a debilitating stroke in 2004 and had to learn to walk and talk again. He made a comeback on national television, never giving in to the symptoms of that stroke, which included slurred, slowed speech and partial paralysis.
Not only is she one of the historic class of 2012 women elected to the US Congress this week. Not only is she the first Thai-American woman to be sent to Capitol Hill. Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War veteran, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot who lost both of her legs in combat. The impressive Duckworth was born in Bangkok, Thailand, to an American father, a U.S. Marine Corps officer.
25-yearold South African Oscar Pistorius will be competing in the London Olympics in his favorite event, the 400-meter relay, as the first amputee track athlete to compete at any games.
Born missing both legs and one arm, Kayla Wheeler's doctor recommended swimming as a form of physical therapy. Now, at age 16, Wheeler is literally breaking world records. (And when she's not swimming, Wheeler also plays baseball, bowls and skis.)
A man who was left severely disabled after he was hit by a car in Northampton is now enjoying a career as a DJ, thanks to the use of a specially-adapted wheelchair, and his friend who created the computer program that runs it.
A kindergarten student at a holiday concert enthusiastically sang the songs with her classmates, but also used sign language and animated facial expressions to help her deaf parents in the audience enjoy the show.
Georgia teenager Zach Hodskins was told he'd never play college basketball, but now he's earned a spot on one of the nation's top teams, the University of Florida. The 17-year-old was born without the lower half of his left arm. He loves to flip stereotypes of his disability around.Read More
Tim Harris, owner of Tim's Place, is the country's only restaurant owner with Down's Syndrome, and the joy he gets from serving people good food carries over into his diner's most famous export: hugs.
One week after the Segway company's owner died while riding one of the two-wheeled transporters, he was scheduled to be honored for providing 1,000 Segways, worth $5 million, to wounded American troops. The Segway has literally transformed the lives of hundreds of veterans by offering unprecedented mobility, without the limitations of wheelchairs.
Despite having been born without lower arms, fifth-grader Nicholas Maxim received an award Monday from the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. The judges were so moved by the entry - sent by Nick's teacher - they created an entirely new award for physically-challenged kids, and named it after the Maine youngster.
A Rutgers football player, now confined to a wheelchair, hasn't let his devastating injury slow him down. Defensive tackle Eric LeGrand, who suffered a serious spinal injury on the field in October, joined broadcasters in the booth last week, finding new joy in the game he loves.
His fingers are now every bit as perceptive as his eyes once were. The artist, whose oil paintings are known for their brilliant color, started painting after he lost his sight at age 30.
After Rob Summers was paralyzed below the chest in a car accident in 2006, his doctors told him he would never stand again. They were wrong. After three years of unsuccessful physical therapy, doctors implanted an electrical stimulator onto his spinal cord to try waking up his damaged nervous system. Within days, Summers, 25, stood without help.
Georgia outfielder Johnathan Taylor, who was paralyzed after colliding with a teammate in March, was drafted by the Texas Rangers on Wednesday in the 33rd round of the MLB Draft. "The kid, he's obviously going through a tough time, and this was a way to let him know that people are thinking about him... He deserved to be drafted.
Destitute villagers of Seolong outside Rustenburg in the North West will soon have roofs over their heads, thanks to the legacy of Nelson Mandela. The foundations were dug for the start of construction on 50 houses for people with disabilities, child headed families and the elderly.
A retired couple in Michigan believes that every child should have the exalted feeling of riding alone with the wind in their face. So, they build custom-made tricycles for small children with disabilities.
A group of American soldier amputees got some special encouragement from some people who know what it's like to overcome adversity. The Haitian Amputee Soccer Team visited Washington, D.C. to hold a clinic for the soldiers at the local football stadium. The athletes primarily lost their limbs in the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti last year.
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