It turns out that people with Asperger's Syndrom make great software debuggers. A Chicago based non-profit company now trains highly-functioning autistic people to be software testers used by large clients like Oracle and Microsoft. They've proven to be so good in fact that companies are now recruiting them to meet demand.
Until now, building an NFL team player roster was all about business, and never sentiment. This week the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach is receiving praise for his unconventional, inspiring player pick, the disabled defensive tackle, Eric LeGrand.
According to Richard St. Denis, an estimated 75,000 wheelchairs are thrown away in the U.S. every year. The award-winning wheelchair athlete started the World Access Project to provide life-changing mobility to people with disabilities in rural Mexico.
High school basketball player Landus Anderson is one of the top players in the state of Florida averaging an impressive 19 points-per-game. And he does it with the use of only one arm. His parents have seen that determination show up in all areas of his life. (w/ Video)
Rob Karlovich invented a backward walker, the LifeGlider, that gives people with disabilities the ability to walk hands-free with stability.
Actor Gary Sinise, known for his role as Lieutenant Dan in the film Forrest Gump, played a concert last night with his Lt. Dan Band to raise money for a North Carolina soldier who lost both legs and one arm while serving in Afghanistan. Corporal J.B. Kerns will get a custom home from Sinise's foundation which has helped build several technological smart homes to meet the needs of wounded veterans.
Joni Eareckson from Agoura Hill, California, has been wheelchair-bound since the age of 17, after severing her spinal cord in a diving accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down. She met able-bodied Ken Tada in her early 30s. She jokes that she knew Ken was the one when he willingly changed her urine bag on the first date. She loved his sense of humor about her disability.
An inspiring new television ad from the Guinness brewery has been viewed by more than 7 million people across YouTube along with the caption: Dedication. Loyalty. Friendship. The choices we make reveal the true nature of our character.
The University of Portland gave a standing ovation this month to one of their own, Sam Bridgman, a finance major who was forced into a wheelchair by a condition known as Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a rare, degenerative disorder that causes progressive loss of muscle strength. It was graduation day and Sam was determined to walk across the stage to get his diploma. When he did, the entire arena lifted him up with prolonged cheers.
A high school physics teach became well known in Louisville, Ky., for his exploding antics in the classroom. But Jeffrey Wright's most influential lecture is delivered annually teaching the life-lessons learned via Mr. Wright's son, who has a developmental disorder.
Two families seated in neighboring booths at a Texas restaurant produced a situation ending with neighborly support for a special needs child. After the waiter took an emotional stand for one of the families, support is flowing in from all over, thanking the waiter and the restaurant called Laurenzo's near Houston.
126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A ceremony on October 28 marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
From its musical sounds, it's just like any other professional orchestra. But the assembly of white-veiled Egyptian women in matching black gowns has a startling difference. Every woman in the orchestra is blind. The women in Cairo's Egyptian Blind Girls Chamber Orchestra first study the songs in braille, memorizing every note on their sheet music. The group has already performed on five continents and in 24 countries.
Part of a novel lost when a blind woman's pen ran out without her knowing has been salvaged with the help of a local forensic police team.
A freak accident during her bachelorette party left Rachel Chapman in a wheelchair. Despite the upheaval, there was never any doubt the two would get married.Last week Rachel finally got to wear her wedding dress, at an marriage ceremony and reception donated by the folks at 1-800-Registry, who heard their story on the Today show.
Knowing that empowerment comes with the ability to read, journalist Swagat Thorat launched India's only newspaper for the blind. Now, twice a month, 24,000 blind individuals can read the news.
Over the weekend, a Southern California student who thought he was destined to live life in a wheelchair triumphantly walked across the stage at commencement with the help of mechanical braces and motorized joints directed by a computer brain.
Performing magic without hands is no small feat – but that didn't stop Mahdi from performing his tricks in front of the best magicians in the world.
A dream 17 years-in-the-making came true for a California boy when he got out of his wheelchair and walked to accept his high school diploma. Patrick Ivison, a senior at Scripps High School in San Diego, was just 14-months-old when he was run over by a stranger's car, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
High school basketball player Landus Anderson is one of the top players in the state of Florida averaging an impressive 19 points-per-game. And he does it all with the use of only one arm. His parents placed a basketball in his hand when he was only three, and saw the determination that would show up in all areas of his life -- academics, community service, and sports.
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