Contests

TIRR Memorial Hermann’s Eric Lantz Voted Reeve Foundation 2011 “Best Dad on Wheels.”

Eric Lantz, 40, of Houston, Texas, is thrilled to be named the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's 2011 Best Dad on Wheels. At 18-years-old, Eric assumed he would ever have the opportunity to even...

Help in the Workplace and Home for Visually Impaired and Aging

You don’t have to be visually impaired to have trouble reading labels, newspapers, menus and instructions. The problem might be that you are over 40. It’s extremely frustrating; especially when you...

Sometimes Entrepreneurship Isn’t Planned; it is Inspired by a Need. Aquila Corporation is one of those companies.

In 1999, Paul Kohlman became ill resulting in paralysis from the waist down. He was prescribed a popular, multi-cell, static air cushion for use in his wheelchair. After only a few weeks of using...

A Fresh Perspective on Entrepreneurship and Disability Part 1

“We believe that two things need to be developed: The first one involves fine-tuning a way of developing hope. Because so many times folks with disabilities don’t get encouragement. They are not...

Interview with Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy

One of our biggest challenges is making sure that everyone out there knows what the President and his Administration is doing for people with disabilities. One difficult part of my job is the many...

AHHHA, a Place to Turn Your Ideas into Profit

Ahhha is new. It’s social ideation. It’s a website community where anyone, anywhere can submit any kind of idea. We’re not bias as far as what that idea is, or who the person is. It’s a portal or tool...