Illana Jacqueline Congratulations on the publication of your latest book, Medical Gaslighting. What inspired you to write it? Thank you so much! This book was inspired not just by my own experiences of being undiagnosed and gaslit for 19 years before my rare disease diagnosis, but also by the stories of […]

Bart Vulliamy   Neurodivergent capitalism is the involvement of capitalism, corporate capitalism, and consumerism in appropriating and profiting from the neurodivergent movement. April is Autism Awareness month and a blue shirt is found saying Practice Patience – Autism Awareness, and adorned with puzzle pieces all the colours of the rainbow. To

Keely-Cat-Wells “Our mission is to create meaningful careers for disabled people.” Walk us through your background and what brought you to your current field In my late teens, I danced my way into a prestigious London academy. I wanted to become a professional dancer and musical theatre performer. But one day,

Maegan Blau, founder of Blue Copper Design Maegan Blau is a visionary designer, an accessibility advocate, and an unstoppable force of creativity. But to leave it at that would be missing the nuance of her story—a journey that marries passion with necessity, and art with empathy. It’s rare to find someone

Adam Berdichevsky at Paralympics ’24 Photo Credit | Keren Isaacson For most elite wheelchair athletes, the road to the Paralympics involves years of intense physical and mental preparation. For Israeli tennis player Adam Berdichevsky, the year leading up to the recent Paris Paralympics was also a year of fighting off terrorists

Jacob Sharff, wheelchair mechanic While the top junior wheelchair singles and doubles tennis players in the world battle it out on court in the US Open Junior Wheelchair Championships in New York, a very attentive man sits in a wheelchair nearby with a large black toolbox on his lap. Jacob Sharff,

Bernadine Fox at Vancouver Co-op Radio Early life and childhood Bernadine Fox’s life began in the vast openness of Alberta’s bald flat prairie, a place known for its wild beauty and expansive skies, but for her, it was a place of darkness. Her childhood was marked by unspeakable abuse and exploitation

Give something to those who gave Vet Tix (Veteran Tickets Foundation) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free event tickets to United States military veterans and their families. Since its founding in 2008, Vet Tix has distributed tickets to  concerts, sporting events and theater performances, helping veterans create lasting memories

By Danniel Swatosh, CMO of The Axis Project, Access Initiatives George Gallego At The Axis Project, we empower people with disabilities and seniors to lead active lives through adaptive programming and innovative equipment at our Access Initiatives gym. Our inclusive community helps members overcome limitations, achieve fitness goals, and engage fully

Jamie Shultz’s inspiration for her innovation starts where many others do: with frustration. But she did not tinker away in a garage, dreaming up the next shiny gadget. Her pain and discomfort, the kind that makes the simplest tasks seem monumental, was raw, real and human—stealing comfort from an already difficult