Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham is a 19 year-old wheelchair athlete from Las Vegas, Nevada. Aaron was born with Spina Bifida, a birth defect of the spinal cord. For Aaron this means his legs don’t work. He is the third of six children, all adopted. Aaron never let anything stop him. Even as a baby and small [...]
Rain, 45 Degree Temperatures and 20 MPH winds didn’t stop Friendship Circle from splashing down at Cedar Point yesterday. 45 children with special needs together with 45 teen volunteers and 15 chaperones made the two and a half hour trip to Sandusky, Ohio for Friendship Circle’s annual Cedar Point trip. An informal survey showed that [...]
Last week we told the story of 17-year-old Lewis Crowe. Because he has autism the Canadian Government has banned Lewis from living in Canada and in order to visit the country he needs special permission from the immigration department. The Canadian Government regularly uses the excuse that allowing entry to families of children with special needs will cause [...]
From the day we first started the Friendship Circle Blog a year ago we have taken an interest in what people write about in their own blogs. We were blown away with the amount of quality articles written on a regular basis. Once a month we highlight blog posts from other bloggers that we thought were great reads. Below [...]
New Documentary tells the story of one man’s mission to see the world Andrew Shelley, lives the American Dream. He leads a successful life as an engineer and single bachelor. Unhappy with his day job Andrew wants more from his life, so he sets out on a backpacking journey across the world to find out [...]
Last week a story in the Ottawa Citizen told the story of 17-year-old Lewis Crowe. Because he has autism the Canadian Government has banned Lewis from living in Canada and in order to visit the country he needs special permission from the immigration department. To make things worse, his father and stepmother have also been refused permanent [...]
Can’t see the video? Watch it on You Tube Buy the Album on Amazon.com Brady Rymer started his career as a bassist in a New Jersey Jam Band called “From Good Homes“. In the 90′s the band was starting to take off. The band performed up and down the East Coast. They landed opening slots [...]
Call Yachol has a vision is to employ thousands of people with disabilities in a countrywide distribution of call centers, leading a much-needed and important revolution in the employment of people with disabilities in Israel. A unique business empowers people with a range of disabilities to succeed in the workplace that traditionally shunned them. Call Yachol [...]
The video you just watched was a marketing video designed to draw attention (and clients) to a marketing company. Everything in this world is a tool for us to learn from. Even though most of us aren’t looking for a good marketing firm, there are still a number of lessons to be learned from this video: It’s [...]
When it comes to special needs Twitter has turned into a global support group providing support and sources of information to families with special needs. Once a month we highlight people on Twitter who provide great resources and support to those with special needs. This month we focus on people and organizations on Twitter that provide [...]
