Delphia Brown (left) exercises at the Stephen A. Orthwein Center, a wheelchair-accessible gym in St. Louis operated by Paraquad, an organization that helps people with disabilities achieve ...
Most gym equipment isn’t that accessible for people with disabilities. Steve Ferreira knows this all too well. Born with cerebral palsy, a condition that makes it hard for him to move and speak, he is ...
National Senior Citizen Day was established in 1988 when President Ronald Reagan signed his Proclamation 5847 declaring August 21st as National Senior Citizens Day. It read in part, “older people have ...
MOLINE -- You could easily spot Juli Varble from across the room of tennis courts in her electric yellow shirt and bright pink wheelchair. The Moline woman, who was paralyzed from the waist down after ...