by Joe Ability | Jan 15, 2016 | Cool Careers - LivAbility, Employment - LivAbility
Shawn Hall, an MMA judge, lives with a C5-6 spinal cord injury sustained at 18. Qualifying to judge can take as little as six months; for Hall it was a journey of five years, in part due to perceptions of his ability based upon his use of a power wheelchair.
by Joe Ability | Jan 6, 2016 | Advocacy - LivAbility, Advocacy - News, Community - LivAbility, General - News, Independent Living - LivAbility, Independent Living - News
Photo by Loren Worthington By Jennifer LongdonPhotos by Loren Worthington and Jerry O’Connor It was an article in the Huffington Post that jumpstarted Josette Ulibarri’s modeling career. In February 2015, she spotted a piece detailing an art project underway by...
by Joe Ability | Jan 4, 2016 | Sports - LivAbility
By Gus LaZear, VP & General Manager, Ability360 Sports & Fitness CenterPhoto by Alexis Bowen Over the last two years, the Arizona Coyotes Foundation has been very generous in supporting the Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center, youth programs in particular....
by Joe Ability | Dec 11, 2015 | Community - LivAbility
By Reggie MitzelPhotos by Jerry O’Connor Lance Greathouse works as an optical equipment engineer by day to make a living, but his true passion in life is to help people with mobility impairments live life to the fullest. The co-founder of Wheelchair Labs, a...
by Joe Ability | Nov 25, 2015 | Sports - LivAbility, Sports - News
By Tim Binning In 2000, my wife, Allison, read an article in the East Valley Tribune about an organization named Mesa Association of Sports for the Disabled, which now operates as Arizona Disabled Sports (AzDS). They provided many sports opportunities for athletes...