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Helen Keller: Language Access, Education and Independence
Helen Keller's path from childhood gestures to Radcliffe and socialist writing shows how access to language, books and teaching shaped her independent thought.
Disability Pluralism: Understanding Many Ways of Being Human
Pluralism in disability explained: how the social model, the UN CRPD, Deaf culture and neurodiversity frame disability as a valued part of human diversity.
Paper2Audio: AI Text-to-Speech App for Documents and Books
Paper2Audio is an AI text-to-speech app that turns PDFs, research papers, textbooks and ebooks into natural audio for people with dyslexia, ADHD or low vision.
Kim Peek: Savant Memory, Disability and Measuring Ability
Kim Peek, the savant who inspired Rain Man, shows why exceptional memory, daily dependence and intelligence need to be assessed as separate human abilities.
Captio AI: Live Captions App That Shows Who Is Speaking
Captio AI is a live captions app for iPhone, iPad and Android that captions speech in 60 languages and shows deaf and hard of hearing users who is speaking.
Zhangjiajie for Seniors: Seeing the Peaks Without Climbing
A Zhangjiajie tour operator explains how seniors and travelers with limited mobility can see the peaks by elevator, cable car and eco-bus with less climbing.
Marla Runyan: Elite Racing With Stargardt Vision Loss
Marla Runyan, Paralympic champion and two-time Olympian with Stargardt disease, raced at elite speed with central vision loss and incomplete visual information.
Famous Savants: Notable People With Savant Syndrome
A list of famous savants, from Kim Peek to Stephen Wiltshire, with the musical, artistic, memory and acquired skills that define Savant Syndrome.
Savant vs Savant Syndrome: Meaning, Causes and Examples
Learn what a savant is, what savant syndrome means, how the two terms differ, and why islands of genius can appear alongside autism or brain injury.
John Nash: Schizophrenia, Genius and Verifying Reality
Essay on John Nash's schizophrenia, Nobel-winning game theory and return to Princeton, examining why intelligence alone cannot verify a person's grip on reality.
Shamonda Virus: First Human Infection and What It Means
Shamonda virus, a midge-borne cattle virus, caused its first known human infection in France in 2026. How it spreads, who is at risk and what experts know.
Being Brave: Choosing Growth Over Fear in Family Life
A personal essay on choosing courage over fear, growing up with disabled siblings, and how small brave choices can reshape parenting and family life over time.
Disabled Adult Child: A Parent's Path to Residential Care
A parent's firsthand account of guiding a daughter with multiple disabilities from school services to adult day programs, respite care, and residential care.
Claude Monet's Cataracts and the Limits of Color Perception
How cataracts diagnosed in 1912 changed Claude Monet's color perception, what his 1923 eye surgery fixed, and what his late paintings can and cannot reveal.
Halloween Prep Tips for Kids With Autism and Sensory Needs
Behavior analyst Meaghan Timko shares Halloween practice tips for children with autism, ADHD or sensory differences, from costume trials to door rehearsals.
Lexx Che Biography
Bio of Lexx Che, creator of the Anti-Coaching methodology and author of 50+ books, with nearly 20 years in strategy, design, and digital transformation.
Famous People Who Have or Had Tuberculosis: A to Z List
A to Z list of famous people who had tuberculosis, including writers, composers, artists, saints and world leaders, with notes on how TB affected their lives.
Alex Zanardi: Rebuilding Control After Double Amputation
Alex Zanardi's racing career after a double leg amputation shows how hand controls, prosthetics and handcycle design rebuilt his driving and Paralympic success.
Living With Crohn's Disease as an Invisible Disability
A graduate student with Crohn's disease explains how chronic illness, invisible disability, treatment costs and healthcare access shape education and work.
Internalized Ableism: Rejecting Shame and Disability Pride
How internalized ableism and disability shame form, how they limit careers, health and relationships, and how disability pride and access break the cycle.
Snowball Accessibility App Named in TIME's Best Inventions
Snowball, the free accessibility app founded by Simon Sansome, was named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2026 for helping disabled people find places to visit.
Playnook Games: Free Accessible Browser Games for Everyone
Playnook Games offers 16 free accessible browser games, including Chess, Sudoku and Solitaire, with high-contrast design, tap controls and no sign-up required.
Lesya Ukrainka: Chronic Illness, Writing and The Forest Song
How Lesya Ukrainka wrote The Forest Song while living with tuberculosis and variable capacity, and how her 1911 drama became the animated film Mavka during war.
2027 Social Security COLA: 3.6 Percent Benefit Increase
Social Security benefits and SSI payments will rise 3.6 percent in 2027, adding about $75 monthly for retirees, with COLA notices online in late November.
Wheelchair Right to Repair: Film on Open-Source Chairs
Respect America film on disability advocate Thomas Quiter and his push for open-source power wheelchairs that users can repair locally, releasing October 16.