We’re back with the last instalment of our Forward Favourites for the year. Here is what we’ve been watching, listening to and reading during December.
Image via: My Disability Roadmap
What we’re watching:
My Disability Roadmap
This short documentary released earlier this year tells the story of Samuel Habib, a 21-year old man who lives with cerebral palsy. Samuel is determined to live his life the way he wants: going on dates, wanting to leave home and live life independently. In his journey, Samuel meets other adults living with disabilities who show him that anything is possible, creating a disability roadmap for himself and others.
“My Disability Roadmap” Full Film, Audio Described and Captioned
Image via: The Adaptefy podcast
What we’re listening to:
Adaptdefy: Maria Rabaino – Wheelchair dancer & personal trainer
The Adaptefy podcast is hosted by New Zealand-based entrepreneur, Mike Brown. Living with paraplegia himself, Mike meets people with similar experiences and uncovers what they’ve done to adapt physically or how they’ve overcome psychological challenges. In this episode, we meet Maria Rabaino a founding member of the successful Rollettes Wheelchair Dance Team, and a certified personal trainer who creates workout videos for wheelchair users to increase their mental and physical wellbeing. Listen to her journey of recovery, challenges with mental health and fitness and success with the Rollettes.
Image via: Ingenium Books Publishing
What we’re reading:
Mom on Wheels by Marjorie Aunos
Meet Marjorie Aunos, researcher, professor and clinical psychologist currently living in Canada. Marjorie’s new book Mom on Wheels talks about how her perspective changed over the years since her spinal cord injury and how she’s learned to accept her disability and roll forward. It documents her journey navigating her newly sustained spinal cord injury and balancing being a single-mother to her 16-month-old son.
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