Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Everyone should be able to go to the bathroom when they want and need to, but without the proper supplies, it can be...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Annie Mitchell reached out to the Resource Center for accessible gardening ideas two years after becoming a parapleg...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Thanks to a combination of Daniela Castagnino’s personal knowledge, contacts at D.C.-based home-health agencies, a l...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Wes Holloway reached out to the Resource Center for help finding a personal care attendant when he moved to Washingt...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Shannon Cobb participates in wheelchair lacrosse, searches for more adaptive sports in her location an hour-plus awa...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Shannon Cobb, a sociology student at McHenry County College in Illinois, says she is one of the Resource Center’s mo...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS   “Rehabilitation stays have decreased so dramatically over the years I’ve been involved in the field, and it can be...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS At Shepherd Center, respiratory therapists went to work trying to wean Chris Dunn off the ventilator and strengthen ...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Working together, Carol Dunn and the Resource Center team enlisted Disability Rights Maine, state legislators and fe...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Jane Wierbicky fielded the question and emailed Dunn’s mom Carol the next day. That started a partnernship between...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Chris Dunn survived a diving accident in July 2018 that left him paralyzed, on a ventilator and mostly blind. A fath...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Bill Fertig and his team note that the best success stories are when the person’s issue is resolved, and they are gi...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS   “Hearing that message from someone living with a spinal cord injury can make a big difference,” says José Hernande...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Longtime Resource Center specialist Daniela Castagnino says responding to inquiries is as much about making personal...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS “We’re a collaborative group within our Resource Center, each with our own strengths, knowledge and experiences,” sa...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Whether the request for assistance comes by email or phone, Resource Center team members try to call the person back...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Bill Fertig, the Resource Center team’s director, served 25 years as a municipal police officer and training sergean...

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS Imagine the ultimate help desk for spinal cord injury — a magical place where trained, knowledgeable experts provide...