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Kristin Beale is a published author and illustrator from Virginia. She has completed 16 marathons, is a nationally-competing wheelchair fencer, public speaker, and works for Morgan James Publishing as a literary scout. At age fourteen, Kristin Beale was enjoying a happy ...
VELCRO ICE PACK This ice pack can fit around your neck when you are feeling over heated. Or use around your shoulder if you have reached too high and are sore. If you use a heating pad for your legs at night but tend to get too warm, try this around your neck to balance […]
Instead of Resolutions, Set some new Goals! Setting goals helps trigger new behaviors, helps guides your focus and helps you sustain that momentum in life. Goals also help align your focus and promote a sense of self-mastery. In the end, you can’t manage what you ...
We are not special – we are just like you I have a problem with the words “special needs”.These words only exist so that people don’t have to say the word “disability.” It allows non-disabled people, to avoid describing people, generally children, as having ...
Community Service Project One of DAC NW’ s consumers, Josh Nick was tasked with some community service. He decided to involve his daughter Kyra to gather items for the homeless in the Lewiston area. DAC NW office served as a drop off for this project. It wasn’t ...
Operation Advocacy Our current goal at LINC is to develop a network of advocates state wide to create change over time. We want to help people gain power in this process; an experienced advocate brings along a new peer for future training. This is how we build an advocacy ...
MENTAL HEALTH MONDAY IS BACK! Mental health conditions are increasing worldwide with anxiety and depression being the top two conditions. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year and 1 in 20 U.S. ...
Working toward ‘Visitability’ The Idaho Access Project is participating in this year’s Avenues for Hope Housing Challenge to support our work in 2023. The focus will be on changing the way residential subdivisions are designed, built and marketed in Idaho ...
People with disabilities can find emotional support on social media, it can help them feel connected in society.But what are they looking for in a platform? Accessibility! This is obvious, but social media interfaces need to be easily accessible for any disability. Whether ...
An epic fail means “a notable, obvious, and usually public failure.” Though perhaps well intentioned, these fails can embarrass, isolate, and even endanger people with disabilities. We work to remove barriers so people with disabilities can live more ...
