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Hyde Park Art Center-It Be Like That Sometimes
#Fun4thedisabled’s Vanessa Harris visits an art exhibit in Chicago to talk to the artists about their work and the importance of inclusive art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdOKA5_7mM4 On screen text reads: Anyone can be an activist. An Artist. Bold. And Able. At...
Mark Wellman The Adventure Never ends
#Fun4thedisabled’s Vanessa Harris interviews Mark Wellman, a parapelgic adventurer and athlete, about his disability journey and his years as a rock climber and paralympian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCoJA3WnkUo&t=20s On screen text reads: Mark Wellman: The...
Assistive Technology – With the Blink of An Eye
#Fun4thedisabled highlights a variety of applications that allow people to access technology without using their hands, including Eyeflite and Eyegaze. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbpXMaJw1dA CLICK ON THE CC ON THE SNIPPET FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING!! IF IT IS...
Accessible Yoga
#Fun4thedisabled speaks with instructors at Accessible Yoga about how they have successfully adapted yoga to be accessible for those with disabilities. Founder Jivana Heyman also discusses how the discipline of yoga can benefit people of all ages and abilities, as...
Joseph Isaac Powell-Main: Para-Dancer
#Fun4thedisabled’s Vanessa Harris talks to Joseph Isaac Powell Main about his life as a para dancer. https://youtu.be/ToKxPP4Fsv4 CLICK ON THE CC ON THE SNIPPET FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING!!! IF IT IS UNDERLINED IN RED, YOU WILL SEE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING. Joseph: I hadn’t...
Abilities Expo: 2019 Update!
#Fun4thedisabled’s Vanessa Harris previews the upcoming Abilities Expo, and shows off just what will be in store for those who attend the event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y1cFEPLFuM&t=6s Fun4theDisabled Presents: The Abilities Expo! A weekend full of...
An Inspired Conversation with Reveca Torres by Christine Kerr
The following blog was written by Christine Kerr, a disabled blogger who lives in Australia. Her blog is about a fascinating mutual friend, Reveca Torres, an artist and disability activist who lives in the USA. This is what Christine has to say: When you think of...
Happy Earth Week 49 Years Later
The first Earth Day was in 1970 and I was in high school. We did a team project which was a photo essay of the waste dumps in the Chicagoland area set to music by Stephen Stills. That project inspired me to follow my dream of trying to save the world so I decided to...
When Ability Meets Disability-Cleveland’s DANCING WHEELS
#Fun4thedisabled’s Vanessa Harris interviews Sara Lawrence-Sucato and Tanya Ewell of Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels about their integrated dance organization, and how they not only perform dance, but run a school to train dancers as well. https://youtu.be/wG9fyhSIDS8 “ I...
101 Mobility Chicago
#Fun4thedisabled’s Vanessa Harris visits 101 Mobility Chicago and talks to Nick Lopez and Debra Mills about their services and products. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ0OV3VJLY4&t=3s Fun4thedisabled: 101 Mobility Chicago is one of the best disability service...
Momenta An Integrated Dance Company
#Fun4thedisabled talks to integrated dance company Momenta about their mission to include wheelchair users in their professional dance performances, and how participating in the art form is empowering for these disabled dancers. ...
Where You Can Hike to the End of the World In A Wheelchair
Ali May posts on hiking in the Torres del Paine, and the collective effort for Alvario Silberstein to hike the parks terrain in a wheelchair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xqu7XbS-R8 This guest post is by Ali May, world-renowned journalist and broadcaster. When I...