Houston
Living with Disability in Houston
Enrich the quality of your daily life in and around Houston, no matter what your disability. Houston has a multitude of options for work, travel and spending time at home. Whether you're looking for affordable adaptive recreation or an online college, checking out adaptive driving equipment or finding funding for home modifications, Disaboom is your one-stop place for disability resources in Houston.
It’s been over six months since United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Houston rebranded as Easter Seals Greater Houston. The organization is one of Houston’s oldest and longest continuously operating nonprofit organizations, and even though their name...
Reaching Out to Children, Families and the Elderly: Easter Seals Greater Houston
Easter Seals Greater Houston will acquire an ever-growing organization called SNApps4Kids or Special Needs Apps for Kids. SNApps4Kids is a community of parents, therapists, doctors and teachers who share information about how they are using popular...
SNApps4Kids: Cutting-Edge Program for Kids with Special Needs
Articles
Sunshine Girl, Caroline DeLuca, Born with Epilepsy & Cerebral Palsy
It’s been a long, bittersweet journey for the DeLuca family. Caroline DeLuca, their fourth child was born with conditions that were misdiagnosed time after time by hospitals and doctors. Born as what...
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"Dads in wheelchairs, in general, automatically have more appreciation for being in a dad," says Eric, living with a T5 complete spinal cord injury. "We don't take as many things for granted compared...
“I wanted everyone – no matter their disability – to fly on the ice.”
STARskaters in Houston provide an on-ice skating experience for therapy and recreation for children and young adults with any type of physical or developmental disability. The program is open to...
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Eric Lantz of TIRR Memorial Hermann 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...
Changing the World, One Building at a Time
Ruth Glendinning and Susan Buhrman, her business partner in Community Renaissance Market Partners LLC, have taken an empty eye-sore of a building and turned it into a flourishing addition to the...
