Search
48 results found
Narrow Results

Contributor

Beyond The Finish
Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child, Kyle Pease had grown up supporting his athlete brothers Brent and Evan from the sidelines. While his condition limited his ability to play sports, it didn’t dampen Kyle’s passion for them, nor did it stop the Pease family from including Kyle in various excursions. From rolling his wheelchair up Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite National Park to zipping down Colorado snow slopes, there was never a dull moment with the Pease brothers. Where there was a wheel, there was a way to adventure.
Beyond the Finish Book Cover with photo of two men in blue on a podium, one man is in a wheelchair
Keeping Your Head Above Water: Inspirational Insights From a Champion
Born premature Matt Levy was thrown into the world and given two choices: to sink or to swim. Beating all the odds, he emerged as a Paralympic Gold Medallist, public speaker, and a business manager–all due to a mindset shift he experienced fighting for life at the bottom.
Keeping your head above water book cover with photo of man, matt levy, in blue shirt above the words "inspirational insights from a champion."
Xander's Cerebral Palsy Superpowers
Do you need a way to discuss Cerebral Palsy with your child, friends, family, or caregivers? Xander explains about cerebral palsy, what causes it, the 4 types, and how it affects him and his friends who also have cerebral palsy. He also shows how he is an important member of his family and how what HE can do MATTERS.
Xander's Cerebral Palsy Superpower's with illustration of boy brown hair and blue glasses in superhero clothing
If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny
Comedian Zach Anner opens his frank and devilishly funny book, If at Birth You Don't Succeed, with an admission: he botched his own birth. Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, he entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future.
Book Cover: If at Birth You Don't Succeed by Zack Anner
Children and Youth with Complex Cerebral Palsy: Care and Management
Written for both clinicians and families, this comprehensive guide to complex cerebral palsy utilizes the ICF to organize and guide the subject matter in order to assist both clinicians and families to maximize participation for those who are impacted more significantly by cerebral palsy.
Book Cover with five photos of youth with cerebral palsy. Top left photo of a boy in a wheelchair wearing a red shirt holding a chicken, top middle photo of a young girl finger painting, top right photo of a toddler in a white dress sitting in the grass, bottom left photo of a teenaged boy wearing a blue shirt in a wheelchair playing baseball, bottom right photo of a girl wearing a black and red cheerleading uniform using a walker
Cerebral Palsy: A Complete Guide to Caregiving (A Johns Hopkins Press Book)
For three editions now, a team of experts associated with the Cerebral Palsy Program at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children have shared vital information through this authoritative resource for parents, who will turn to it time and time again as their child grows.
Book Cover: Cerebral Palsy: A complete guide to caregiving by Freeman Miller, MD and Steven Bachrach, MD
Obi
Obi is a first of its kind, revolutionary dining device for individuals who lack upper extremity function. With the momentary touch of a switch, Obi allows users to select between four compartments of food and to command when the food is captured and delivered to the mouth. Obi increases independence, social interaction, and effective food capturing like never before.
Obi
Xbox Co-Pilot
Xbox One’s new copilot feature allows two users to share one controller by combining the input from two controllers, so that two people can play as one. “Now folks with disabilities who need someone else to handle certain actions can turn what would be a cumbersome task into a co-op experience of sorts, ” explained Scott Henson from the Xbox engineering team.
Photo of two xbox controllers connected by a green squiggly line.
Xbox Adaptive Controller
The Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC) is a first-of-its-kind device designed to allow people with a wide range of physical abilities to access game commands and play video games alone – and with friends. The physical access XAC provides isn’t something everyone needs. But anyone who does need it can now have it. What a change!
x-box adaptive controller