Mobile apps have shaped every aspect of our everyday lives. From online banking to ordering food online, there is literally an app for everything. And this holds true for travelers who use wheelchairs, are visually or hearing-impaired or have another disability – It no longer has …
In the world of health and medicine, “chronic pain” is a prevalent and all too real diagnosis for over 11% of Americans according to the National Health Institutes. What exactly is chronic pain? Any persistent pain that lasts several weeks to even years, often a result …
Technology has revolutionized how people with disabilities get around, communicate, and even manage disease and treatment. Now it’s going even further with helpful mobile applications available to download on your smartphone or tablet that open a world of new opportunities, helping the blind see and the …
A major health challenge facing the public and the healthcare system? Medicine Adherence. A technical way of referring to whether patients take their medicine as prescribed or not, medicine adherence is lacking to say the least. In fact, in a 2011 report from the Mayo Clinic …
Anyone who has sprained or broken their ankle and ended up in a cast for multiple weeks knows the pain of simply being unable to carry out normal daily functions, especially when on crutches or stuck wearing a walking boot (get more info about walking boots …
