This Rare Syndrome Essentially Turns You To Stone
AdultsDisabilityHealth...Stone Man Syndrome and Tree Man Syndrome are rare genetic disorders that transform your body from the inside out.
The Girl Who's Allergic To Everything | Living Differently
AdultsDisabilityHealth...British Championship disability gymnast, Natasha Coates, 22, is allergic to everything. She has won 19 British titles and placed first in the British Disability Championships.
What Is It Like To Be Deaf?
AdultsDisabilityHealth...Deafness is not a one size fits all, but what are some things Deaf people might experience?
Wheelchair Water Park | Morgan's Wonderland // 60 Second Docs
AdultsBusinessDisabilityAt Inspiration Island, a wheelchair water park in Morgan's Wonderland of San Antonio, Texas, kids are invited to have fun in a safe environment that caters to children with disabilities. On a family vacation in 2005, Gordon and Maddie Hartman saw how hard it was for children to connect with their daughter, who has special needs. So they decided to build a park just for children like her. Here, rides are custom-built to accommodate wheelchairs and inclusion is celebrated. So far, over a million guests from around the world have paid this one-of-a-kind park a visit.
Overcoming obstacles - Steven Claunch
AdultsDisabilityPsychology...When faced with a bump in the road, sometimes we forget we have a choice: overcome the obstacle or let it overcome you. Steven Claunch, who was born without fingers on his right hand and with one leg shorter than the other and has excelled in basketball nonetheless, explains why obstacles can provide an opportunity to both inspire others and develop character.
The Paralysed Beauty Blogger Inspiring Others With Her Beauty Tips | Living Differently
AdultsDisabilityInternet CultureTess Daly is completely paralyzed but she has gained tens of thousands of followers online because of the amazing make up she can apply with the limited movement in her hand.
Gaming Through New Eyes - Award Winning Short Documentary
AdultsDisabilityGamingThis is a short documentary about Toby Ott, a man who was born with Bilateral Anopthalmia, or in other words, without eyes. This didn't stop him from discovering the medium of video games, and his childhood interest grew into a lifelong passion. This is a whole new perspective on video games, from the imagination of someone who has never known what it is to have sight.
A Huge Advancement in Mind-Controlled Tech
AdultsDisabilitySoftware Engineering...This tech helps paralyzed people type with their minds, but the sky's the limit.
These glasses help colorblind people see colors.
AdultsDisabilityGadgets..."I'm now swimming in a sea of color": This colorblind designer is seeing a whole new world around him thanks to these innovative glasses.
Mark Lesek: A New and Old Prosthetic
AdultsDisabilityTechnologyMark lost his arm several years ago. Now his search for a better prosthetic could improve the lives of amputees everywhere.
Researchers Use Google Glass for Autistic Kids
AdultsDisabilityTechnology...Stanford researchers are using Google Glass to help autistic children analyze faces in real time to interpret facial expressions. Google stopped producing the headset last year but the device has found new life among medical researchers.
Do Blind People Understand Vision? TommyEdisonXP
AdultsDisabilityHumanTommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, talks about his understanding of vision, what impresses him about sight, and one fear that's motivated by blindness.
Paralympic Athletes
AdultsDisabilitySportsSometimes, all you need to change your opinion is a closer look.
Hands free wheelchair prototype 'Ogo'
AdultsDisabilityTechnologyThe first time New Zealand inventor Kevin Halsall stepped on a Segway, he saw the potential of using the technology to build a wheelchair that could be controlled without a joystick or requiring the rider to use their hands at all. So he bought one, stripped it down, and turned it into the Ogo.
Hearing Hands
AdultsDisabilityLanguage...People Learn How To "Speak" In Sign Language To Surprise Their Hearing Impaired Neighbour.
An Affordable 3D-Printed Arm
AdultsBiotechnologyDisabilityStudents at UCF are designing an inexpensive 3D printed arm for kids.
Blind Devotion
AdultsDisabilityFamily...Jubilee Project is excited to share "Blind Devotion", the second in a series of two short films about unconditional love, in partnership with Pastor Francis Chan and his latest book "You and Me Forever".
This "Be My Eyes" App Lets People With Sight Guide Blind People Over Video Chat
AdultsDisabilityTechnologyBe the eyes for a blind person in need of help remotely through a live video connection if you are sighted or be assisted by the network of sighted users if you are blind. Be My Eyes is all about contributing to and benefiting from small acts of kindness, so hop on board and get involved!
Derby the dog: Running on 3D Printed Prosthetics
AdultsAnimalsBiotechnology...See how unique, custom 3D printed prosthetics allow Derby the dog to run for the first time.
This double amputee can control two robotic arms with his mind
AdultsBiotechnologyDisabilityA Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory's Modular Prosthetic Limbs.
Bionic Eye Allows A Blind Man To See After 33 Years.
AdultsBiotechnologyDisabilityLarry Hester, 66, has been blind for half his life from a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. In September, 2014, an electronic stimulator was surgically implanted in his left eye. On October 1st, 2014 Duke eye surgeon Dr. Paul Hahn turned it on for the first time. While the device does not restore vision in the normal sense, it provides light-and-darkness differentiation.