Product Feature: The CompanionVan Plus

Date: Oct 6, 2018 Time: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Frankston Community Health Fair The United Methodist Women of Frankston are hosting the 18th annual Health Fair on October 6, from 8:30 a.m. – noon 161 Weldon Street (Family Life Center) Open to the public Mammograms by CHRISTUS Ross Breast Center, vaccines, children’s services and […]

GETTING IN GEAR Braun at 22 on his first electric scooter, which he built in his cousin’s farm-equipment garage. Ralph Braun, founder of BraunAbility, has spent his life thumbing his nose at spinal muscular atrophy, the disease that put him in a wheelchair. A born gearhead, Braun got moving again by building a battery-powered scooter and, […]

Respect the Stripes! We know our customers constantly struggle with handicap parking abuse, specifically the misuse of the striped area designated for wheelchair accessible vehicle ramps. BraunAbility products give mobility freedom back to the disability community, but when a parking spot or striped space is blocked, that freedom is instantly taken away. This video explains the importance of respecting these spaces. Please […]

TYLER (KYTX) – A Tyler teenager has dreams of playing professional basketball one day, but he’s got some significant challenges. With your help, he may be able to reach his goal. “I played basketball through high school and everything so I really loved the sport,” said Austin Griffin, needs a basketball wheelchair. Griffin fell asleep […]

TYLER – Every 19-year-old dreams of a new set of wheels, but Austin Griffin’s idea is a little different. CBS 19 first shared his story in April. “When I was on my way to work at about 3 in the morning, I ended up falling asleep behind the wheel,” Griffin said. The accident left him […]

When 12-year-old Alexander Knoll saw a man in a wheelchair struggle to get through a heavy door in his hometown of Post Falls, Idaho, he was struck with an ingenious idea. What if there were an app or website that could communicate to persons with disabilities which stores in the area had automatic doors? And […]

The Tyler Thorns finished second in the Jon Duncan Memorial Tournament on Sunday. There were five teams involved in the tournament — one of them being The University of Texas at Arlington’s women’s wheelchair basketball league. The Thorns is a member of the My East Texas Adaptive Athletics league, a resource for the disabled community […]

A woman’s Facebook post about parking etiquette is going viral and her message is one we all should remember. Most people already know that it’s wrong—not to mention illegal—to park in a spot reserved for people with disabilities if they don’t have a disability parking placard. But what they might not realize is that it’s also important to park in those […]

Washington D.C. There’s no doubt that the United States is one of the best countries to travel to. After all, there are 50 states available for exploration. But not all states or even cities are created equal, especially in terms of providing facilities for those with disabilities. INSIDER found some of the most accessible cities the […]