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
Indian food may seem elaborate and intimidating, but studies show spices used in Indian cooking are very good for you—so here's the easy way to cook it.
When a postman asked people to donate books to a 12-yr-old, the boy got so many that he's decided to share 3,500 of them with his local library.
The Women's Institute issued an ultimatum to grocers in the UK to reduce the over-abundance of plastic packaging of produce. Now, 'Naked' cucumbers have been approved for display in the Co-op stores .