Bowling balls can be quite heavy. The United States Bowling Congress requires that they weigh between 10 and 16 pounds. That can be too much for people with limited hand strength or finger coordination, so it's fortunate...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/06/10/Adaptive-Bowling-Balls-for-Players-with-Disabilities/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cizuHcdEf84](Video Link)Alexei Romanov, 15, was born without hands. So it should have been impossible for him to learn to play the piano, let alone become a concert-level pianist. But tha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/18/Teenager-Born-without-Hands-Masters-the-Piano/Before the Industrial Revolution, people with disabilities were considered just another part of the fabric o... ...m, loss of a limb, or early death. As people with disabilities became more visible and regarded as problematic,... ...attempted to “normalize” people with disa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/22/Healing-Spas-and-Ugly-Clubs-How-Victorians-Taught-Us-to-Treat-People-With-Disabilities/(Photo: Disability Horizons)Martyn Sibley is the e... ...ic.It's remarkably accessible to people with some disabilities . Sibley uses a wheelchair but found all of the ac...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/09/18/You-Can-Climb-a-Tree-Even-if-You-Use-a-Wheelchair/Krystal Cantu, 24, of San Antonio, Texas, lost her right arm in a car accident. She had, at the time, been getting into CrossFit and loved it. Refinery 29 reports:“I remember every single detail from that day. As s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/17/This-Athlete-Lost-Her-Arm-But-Wont-Stop-Competing/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrGsdrW8HlE](Video Link)Hayden Kinckle casually says, "I got it" as he walks for the first time since January. It's been a long struggle. He was born with omphalocele, a birth defect in wh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/08/Toddler-Walks-on-Prosthetic-Legs-for-the-First-Time-Proclaims-I-Got-It/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2HEsXe0Mqk](Video Link)Alex, the gamer in the above video, has spinal muscular atrophy. He lacks the muscular precision necessary to manipulate standard controllers. Thankfully, Special E...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/12/Watch-This-Disabled-Man-Play-a-Video-Game-with-His-Eyebrows/Ryan Kirkpatrick, an industrial designer in Sydney, Australia, developed the Scoop Bowl. The design is simple but clever. It assumes that a user is attempting to eat with one hand or has limited muscular control. It has...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/27/A-Bowl-Designed-to-Help-Disabled-People-Eat/(Photo: Firefly Friends)Debby Elnatan's young son, Rotem, has cerebral palsy. He has very limited mobility. She wanted to find a way to help him experience upright movement, so she invented the Upsee. It's a harness that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/03/26/This-Brilliant-Invention-Helps-Disabled-Kids-Walk-and-Play-2/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZVpfwJ1vO0](Video Link)Grace Anna Rodgers was born with a genetic disorder that should have greatly impaired her life. It may have done so physically, but she's still a joyful child who l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/24/Toddler-with-Severe-Dwarfism-Sings-You-Are-My-Sunshine/
