VIDEO

FindCenter AddIcon

Paralyzed Veteran Uses Fitness to Help Others

2019

An Arkansas Soldier, who was active for his entire lifetime, suddenly hit with a life-altering injury. It struck while he was in sniper training three years ago after falling into a pond, hitting a concrete brick.

02:22 min

The Transition You Never Asked For: Finding Meaning after Losing Your Military Career to Disability

You can build back your life

Article
Meredith Mathis
2021
FindCenter AddIcon

Rebuilding Sergeant Peck: How I Put Body and Soul Back Together After Afghanistan

Marine Sgt. John Peck survived an IED during the War on Terror that left him with a traumatic brain injury, amnesia, and cost him his marriage. He survived another three years later, one that left him with three and a half limbs missing.

Book
John Peck, Dava Guerin, Terry Bivens
2024
FindCenter AddIcon

The Fundamentals of Caring

A man suffering a family loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.

Movie
2016
FindCenter AddIcon

Why Companies Who Hire People with Disabilities Outperformed Their Peers

Hiring and supporting employees with disabilities isn’t just a matter of corporate social responsibility or public relations; it’s just good business.

Article
Jared Lindzon
2019
FindCenter AddIcon

Leaders with Disabilities Have Instincts that Inspire Their Teams and Stimulate Productivity

These four instincts of an entrepreneur with a disability inspire teams and stimulate productivity.

Article
Nancy Solari
2021
FindCenter AddIcon

Corporate Diversity Efforts Often Leave Out an Important Group: People with Disabilities

Businesses should make an extra effort to connect with workers with disabilities, a ready, capable, and sizable workforce 20 million people strong.

Article
Nancy Geenen
2019
FindCenter AddIcon

Why Businesses Can Still Get Away with Paying Pennies to Employees with Disabilities

An 80-year-old law makes it legal to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage.

Article
Sara Luterman
2020
FindCenter AddIcon

Making Disability Modern: Design Histories

Making Disability Modern: Design Histories brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplinary and national perspectives to examine how designed objects and spaces contributes to the meanings of ability and disability from the late 18th century to the present day, and in homes, offices,...

Book
Elizabeth Guffey
2020
FindCenter AddIcon

Boosting Productivity and Pride

When employers hire and nurture employees with disabilities, everyone benefits, research finds.

Article
Tori DeAngelis
2016
FindCenter AddIcon

Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found

Even a darkening world can be brilliantly lit from within.

Book
Rebecca A. Alexander, Sascha Alper
2015
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Disabled Well-Being