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Aging & Caregiving

How to Buy a Cheap Used Wheelchair (or Even Get One for Free!)

How to buy a cheap used wheelchair or even get one for free

The Lightest Folding Electric Wheelchair for Travel

The lightest folding electric wheelchair and more portable power wheelchairs for travel.

How to Repair a Broken Power Wheelchair at Home

How to repair a power wheelchair guide and tips

How to Find a Good Durable Medical Equipment Provider

Tips for finding a good DME provider for your wheelchair or mobility aid needs

Should I Buy a Wheelchair Out-of-Pocket or Use Insurance?

Should I Buy a Wheelchair Out-of-Pocket or Use Insurance?

How to Get Your Health Insurance to Pay for a Power Wheelchair

Tips to get your health insurance to approve a power wheelchair. Wheelchair symbol with hands enveloping it.

Chronic Illness

7 Signs You May Need a Power Wheelchair

Signs you may need a power wheelchair. Happy woman using pink electric wheelchair.

Oprah Is Harming Black Women by Pushing Weight Loss Drugs and Diet Culture

Oprah Winfrey wearing a purple designer gown.

What Is Ableism? Understanding Disability Discrimination & Prejudice

Ableism: Understanding disability discrimination and prejudice. Man in a wheelchair yelling up a flight of stairs.

How Systemic Ableism Is Built Into Society, and What We Can Do About It

Systemic ableism: How structural barriers perpetuate disability discrimination.

What Is Internalized Ableism? Tips for Overcoming Self-Stigma

How to cope with internalized ableism. Two drawings of people with disabilities with thought bubbles. "I hide my struggles" and "I'm a burden."

Let's Bust These 6 Disability Myths That Are at the Root of Ableism

Disability Myths, Busted: Peeled piece of paper with the words "Myths and Facts" revealed underneath.

Disability

Breaking the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness in Literature

Woman reading a novel in which a character lives with mental illness.

Mark Rober’s Stair Climbing Wheelchair Is Only for Those Who Have the Cash

Mark Rober using a stair climbing wheelchair in a viral video.

How to Buy a Cheap Used Wheelchair (or Even Get One for Free!)

How to buy a cheap used wheelchair or even get one for free

The Lightest Folding Electric Wheelchair for Travel

The lightest folding electric wheelchair and more portable power wheelchairs for travel.

How to Repair a Broken Power Wheelchair at Home

How to repair a power wheelchair guide and tips

How to Find a Good Durable Medical Equipment Provider

Tips for finding a good DME provider for your wheelchair or mobility aid needs

Mental Health

Breaking the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness in Literature

Woman reading a novel in which a character lives with mental illness.

Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) the Best Therapy for HSPs?

Young HSP woman seeing a DBT therapist.

How Diet Culture Comments Hurt Girl Scouts Selling Cookies

How Diet Culture Comments Hurt Girl Scouts Selling Cookies

What Is Ableism? Understanding Disability Discrimination & Prejudice

Ableism: Understanding disability discrimination and prejudice. Man in a wheelchair yelling up a flight of stairs.

How Systemic Ableism Is Built Into Society, and What We Can Do About It

Systemic ableism: How structural barriers perpetuate disability discrimination.

What Is Internalized Ableism? Tips for Overcoming Self-Stigma

How to cope with internalized ableism. Two drawings of people with disabilities with thought bubbles. "I hide my struggles" and "I'm a burden."

Neurodiversity

Why Stimming Is Healthy & You Should (Usually) Embrace It

Why autism stimming is healthy and you should usually embrace it. Man playing with a bubble fidget toy.

Why Autism Special Interests and ADHD Hyperfixations Are Awesome

Understanding autism special interests and ADHD hyperfixations. Woman painting with a board of photos behind her.

What Autism Feels Like: 17 Autistic People Explain

What autism feels like. Collage of diverse people.

Why I Believe I Have Autism – Even Before the Formal Assessment

Why I believe I'm autistic.

What Is Ableism? Understanding Disability Discrimination & Prejudice

Ableism: Understanding disability discrimination and prejudice. Man in a wheelchair yelling up a flight of stairs.

How Systemic Ableism Is Built Into Society, and What We Can Do About It

Systemic ableism: How structural barriers perpetuate disability discrimination.

Parenting Kids with Disabilities

The Ultimate Sensory Bottles Guide for Kids & Adults

Sensory bottles for kids and adults

Ultimate Sensory Bags Guide for Babies, Toddlers, & Kids

Sensory bags for children and adults

The Ultimate Sensory Bin Ideas Guide for Kids of All Ages

Sensory bin ideas for toddlers and children. Collage of kids playing.

Overcoming Challenges Faced by SPED Students

SPED students in elementary school classroom.

When Love Hurts: How Adults Can Help Prevent Toxic Teen Relationships

Preventing toxic teen relationships. Young couple arguing.

10 Sensory-Boosting Therapeutic Gifts for Kids with Autism

Gifts for kids with autism. Weighted blanket, sensory sack, fidget toys and more.
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