by Joe Clark | Mar 19, 2019 | Animals, Featured, Inspiration
A blind marathon runner, assisted by a relay team of three guide dogs, was able to make history on Sunday after completing the 2019 United Airlines New York City Half Marathon without any human assistance. According to the Charity and the website of the New York...
by Matthew Silvan | Mar 29, 2018 | Featured, Inspiration
A family in Middleborough, Massachusetts faced the difficult news that their little girl, Rebecca was born deaf in 2016. Jacob and Beth Lacourse learned to adapt, adjusting their lives and learning sign language. Then they learned Rebecca’s life would face...
by Kelli Finger | Nov 16, 2017 | Awesome, Inspiration
The evolution of assistive technology has been immense and amazing, enabling those with disabilities to live and flourish independently. Many living aids and assistive products used to be expensive, costing thousands of dollars. They were only obtainable by few. But...
by Heather Laskin | Nov 11, 2017 | Awesome
It’s easy to take something for granted if you’ve never gone without. Take, for example, the ability to see. Most of us don’t even think about it because it’s so much a part of our daily lives and who we are. But imagine if you couldn’t...
by Heather Laskin | Jun 13, 2017 | Awesome, Inspiration
Mark Twain once said, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Never was that more clearly displayed than at a recent Cubs baseball game. As the fans poured out of Wrigley Field, one of them, a blind man, tried to hail a...