Yesterday we received a wonderful email from a family that we are helping in Oklahoma.  I believe this email sums up what Ability Found is all about. Before sharing however,  I would like to give a little background on their journey which started on Mother's Day 2009. For some odd reason JD started feeling numbness, tingling and weakness in his legs and was having trouble walking. After... [More]

Sports wheelchair for disabled boy with spinal cord injury [More]

In the physical therapy business, transfer is the term we use to describe when someone moves from one surface to another.  Some examples are, going from a bed to a wheelchair or from a wheelchair to a toilet. With progressive Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) transfers usually require more and more assistance from caregivers with the passing years due to the deterioration of kids&rsquo... [More]

Bath chair allows mom and kids to enjoy bath time [More]

We are happy to report that with her new custom power wheelchair Megan can now return to work.  In the past Megan was able to work at a thrift store in her town while using her manual wheelchair. However, as is normal with Spina Bifida, it has become too difficult to self-propel her manual wheelchair and perform her duties such as hanging clothes and carrying objects around the store. With... [More]

This past week we had the opportunity to collaborate with several others in providing a wheelchair for a boy to return to Asia. In a tragic sequence of events the young boy was injured traumatically while staying in The United States.  With overwhelming intensive care unit and hospital costs the family had no way to afford the customized wheelchair necessary to get him home.  We chose to... [More]

Lady with diabetes recieves a wheelchair and a bath bench after being discharged from the hospital. [More]

Equipment like scooter boards and vestibular chairs are very helpful devices that allow children with autism to better process their world.  Today we provided such equipment to an early intervention agency that will help give these children with Autism the regular treatment to help them both at home and school.

A pony walker is a device that helps give children who do not have the muscle strength, stability and coordination the chance at independent walking.  Before today this little girl was only able to walk with her mother holding her up, now she can enjoy some much desired independence while exploring her home and school.

Today we provided equipment to a lady who was just released from the hospital after having one leg below the knee amputated. She does not have insurance and the hospital discharged her without any medical equipment which she needs to live at home. We donated a wheelchair, bath bench and two grab bars. She was so very thankful since her and her husband live on a very limited income that barely prov... [More]