How to garden from a wheelchair
Gardening is a wonderful activity that people from all walks of life enjoy. A garden full of fresh fruits and vegetables and/or beautiful blooms can instill a sense of pride…
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Coronavirus pandemic restrictions can help or hinder schoolchildren with anxiety disorders
By Christine Nguyen, University of Toronto Parents fear children stuck at home for almost a year during the coronavirus pandemic, will lose critical social skills. And children with selective mutism,…
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Weird Pride Day: Changing the narrative
By David Gray-Hammond People have found me weird my entire life. I am autistic. I am a recovering drug addict. I have experienced psychosis. I am asexual. All of these…
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Seated Exercise Ideas for ALL!
Physical activity is vital to overall health brain and body health. The World Health Organization says limiting time spent being idle and taking advantage of opportunities to get moving –…
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Introducing Inclusion Dining & Jams!
Food provides nourishment, but dining can also be an act of socialization, community, leisure and love. For many, a restaurant experience is generally a pleasurable one, but for individuals with…
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The Financial Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities
By Olusegun Akinfenwa The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world into the worst precarious health and economic crisis in recent memory and widened the global inequality gap. Unfortunately, both health-wise…
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Love Yourself by Maintaining Optimal Well-being
By Jessica Robinson Supporting our personal health is a true way to practice self-love. But, many times, we get so absorbed in our busy lives that we forget to take…
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Four Words: You Need to Change
By John Adriance It was from my first grade teacher that I first heard the phrase, “You need to change.” I had finally been invited one day to play freeze…
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