PRODUCTS
SCI Social Media Favorite Launches Affordable Adaptive Product Line
One of the web’s best sources for simple adaptive solutions, Abilitease, has launched an online store so you can purchase the affordable products featured in its online videos. Products range from an adapter that makes it easier to plug the charging cable into your iPhone, to a drink cuff that lets you easily hold a can or bottle without any grip strength, to a cap that lets you cath into a urinal with less chance of mess. Click the link for more information and to see a video of one of Abilitease’s innovative products.
MUSIC
Accessible Festivals Wants to Give You Free Access to Major Music Festivals
You have a chance to score free tickets for some of the biggest music festivals in the country, including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Stagecoach and more, thanks to a new grant program from Accessible Festivals. This nonprofit partners with music promoters across the country to improve the experience for wheelchair users and others with disabilities, and all the festivals included in the grant program have well-established accessibility programs.
BULLY PULPIT
My Complicated Relationship With My Body
A series of health setbacks forced Ian Ruder to get honest about his relationship with his body. “I worry that in some way I’m affirming the sinister ableist narrative that all of our disabled bodies are broken, ugly and unlovable — but I’m not,” he writes. “Instead, I’m embracing reality and accepting that the only certainty my body and I can look forward to is more uncertainty.”
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