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WE ARE UPGRADING EVERYTHING!

 

Yes, we are in the process of making everything about our networks more ABLED!

From switching hosting platforms, to upgrading our CMS, to upgrading security and updating our content, we’re busy with improving the overall accessibility, functionality and user experience for you.

That means that most of our links will be disabled throughout this process, and we apologize in advance for the inconvenience. But it will be worth the wait!

In the meantime, the links in our navigation bar will remain active, and we’ll keep you posted about our progress.

Our mission is to provide an informational experience that gives everyone a chance live a more Abled life by making better informed choices, and is accessible to everyone.

We’re looking forward to flipping all kinds of switches to give you a new and improved experience and thank you for your patience in the meantime.

 

The Abled Team

HEADLINES Banner
AbledCoping: Terrorism: Experts weigh-in on coping with this level of threat. Image: Montage of photos of recent terror attacks in the U.K. and flower strapped to a streetlamp on London Bridge with a view to Big Ben in the background.
AbledSurvival: Terrorist Attack: Run! Hide! Tell!
AbledParents: Terror & Kids: Listen and alleviate fear. IMage: Photo shows parents holding their kids close in the area of the London Bridge terror attack.
AbledIssues: Terrorism: Preventing Radicalization. Image: Photo shows two female forensic psychologists making a presentation on the subject. A photo of two women wearing burqas is project on the screen behind them.
AbledAlert: RECALL: 11 Tons of Beef Over E.Coli Risk. Image shows logo of Creation Gardens, the company recalling the beef.
AbledSurvival: Fire: Increase your odds of survival. Image; Photo shows fire and smoke rising from the Grenfell Towers apartment building in London at dawn.
AbledAlert: RECALL: FDA Recalls Birth Control Pill. Image: Photo shows packaging for the Mibelas 24 Fe birth control pill.
AbledTech: Apple: ZBeware MacSpy Malware Threat. Image shows computer screen with the text MALWARE ALERT.
AbledParents: Water Safety: Prevent 'dry drowning'. Image: Photo shows a large and crowded outdoor public swimming pool.
AbledResponders: Fire| EMT:North Texas leads sepsis battle. Image: Three firemen sit in the back of an EMT mobile rescue unit holding bottles of the medicine that battles sepsis.
AbledFitness: FunctionalFitness: Is it right for you? : Image shows men and women lifting barbells at the YMCA.
AbledFood: Grilling: 15 recipes for Father's Day. Image: BBQ ribs are set on top of greens and other garnishments.
AbledMom: Chrissy Teigen: Post-Partum Depression. Image shows the cover of the July issue of marie claire magazine featuring Chrissy Teigen.
AbledTech: Apple: watchOS 4 Managing Diabetes. Image: Photo shows Apple executive from the watch division and a screenshot showing blood sugar readings on the screen of the Apple Watch.
AbledCommunity: CNN: Why so many hungry kids in U.S.? Image: Text over faded photo of garbage bags reads: How much uneaten food is thrown out in the US yearly: 40 percent or about $165 billion worth. That's enough to feed 25 million Americans.
AbledRights: ID: Accenture | Microsoft | UN Project. Image:Composite image shows a circular Accenture service center seen through a hole in a desk.
AbledALERT headline link box shows waves pounding the coast of Wales as the text reads: Emergency: Surviving Jonas-UK Hit. Click to go to the survival guide coverage.
AbledTech link box shows a photo of someone holding an iPhone with the CrashSafari.com url showing in the Safari browser. The headline reads :iPhone: 'CrashSafari' Warning & Fix. Click to go to the story.
AbledHealth link box shows a cup of coffee as seen from above sitting on a chalkboard on which an electrocardiogram waveform has been drawn in chalk. The headline reads: Coffee Studies: Meta-analysis links lower risk of a sudden death. Click the box to go to the story.
AbledConsumer link box shows composite screen grab of the product Jack 3D from the USPlabs LLC website. The headline reads: Supplements: Liver Toxicity Alleged. Click on the link box to go to the story.
AbledRights link box shows a photo of Kristy Hooper and her 7 year-old daughter Lily-Grace standing outside the gates of Pembroke Primary School in Bristol, England. Lily-Grace is holding her white navigation cane because she is blind. The headline reads: Bristol, UK: Blind child's Cane Banned. Click on the banner to go to the story.
AbledPeople link box shows Daniel Kish standing on a round red-carpeted stage at the 2015 TED Conference in Vancouver. He has dark hair and is wearing a red polo shirt with black trousers and is holding a long white navigation cane. Behind him is a large 3D logo spelling out TED in backlit capital letters. The audience surrounds the stage. The headline reads: Daniel Kish: Save Lily-Grace's Long Cane. Click the box to go to the story.
AbledSurvival link box shows a blurred photograph of people running past the Café Republique during the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. The headline reads: Terrorist Attack: Run! Hide! Tell!. Click the box to go to the story
AbledParents link box shows a photo of a father holding his son close among other people at a candlelight vigil in Mexico City for the victims of the Paris terror attack. The boy is holding and looking at a candle burning in a glass jar. Click on the banner to go to the story.
AbledConditions post link box shows a background graphics montage of slides from a brain CT scan slightly blurred behind a side profile view of an X-ray of a person's head and shoulders with the brain area highlighted with an orange glow. The headline reads: AbledConditions: Alzheimer's: Memory loss reversed. Click here to go to the post.
AbledALERT Network Banner shows a sunrise over the curve of the Earth as seen from space arcing across the bottom with the AbledALERT logo and icon consisting of a red signal beacon icon over the gradient green rounded triangle of the Abled logo set inside a rounded square icon box in the foreground against a backdrop of stars , tv monitors and a digital map of earth blended together. There are four beacons that alternately light up red above the categories Emergency, Missing, Outbreak and Recall.
AbledALERT Banner shows 3 lab workers in protective gear working at electron microscopes in a lab. There is a chalkboard in the background with different equations and formulas on it. Large white letters over the red transparent background read: Viral Outbreaks - Special Ongoing Coverage. The headline reads: Outbreak: tracking the Threats | What you need to know and Breaking News Updates.
AbledALERT-Outbreak post link banner shows 13 year old Will Cornejo of Lone Tree, Colorado breathing with the help of an oxygen mask while lying in a hospital bed, while text in the foreground reads: Enterovirus. The headline reads: Outbreak: Virus Primer For Parents. Click here to go to the report.
AbledALERT link box shows a photo of a girl with a swollen eyelid called Romaña's Sign, one of the obvious signs of infection from Chagas Disease. The headline reads Outbrea: Chagas - tracking a Stealthy killer. Click here to go to our ongoing special coverage of Chagas Disease.
AbledAlert link box shows a photograph of an Asian Tiger Mosquito set against a transparent red layer covering a map of the Caribbean region with the word Chikungunya in WHite at the top. The headline reads: Outbreak: 'Contorted With Pain Virus. CLick here to go to our special ongoing coverage.
SPECIAL REPORTS Banner
AbledPeople Special Report Post Banner shows Angelina Jolie in a grey suit dress shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth The Second of Great Britain, who is wearing a beige peach dress, in a drawing room at Buckingham Palace. The Queen presented Jolie with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George for her campaign to end sexual violence in war zones. Click here to go to the report.
Abled Conditions Special Report link banner shows a black and white photo of Robin Willieams kneeling on one knee and clasping his hands around his other leg which is bent at the knee. He is looking at the camera with an impish grin on his face. There is a candle burning in the right foreground. The Headline reads: AbledConditions: Depression | Parkinson's: Tears of a Clown. Click here to go to our Special Report.
Special Report - AbledNews- story link box headline reads: H7N9: Tracking The New Killer Viruses. A photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control shows a lab worker sorting samples of flu virus into vial trays while dressed in protective lab gear. Click to go to the story.
AbledHealth Special report link banner shows a map of the world in the background with the countries that have reported cases of Lyme Disease highlighted in green. Three photos in the foreground show ticks of various sizes on skin, and on a blade of grass, while the third photo shows the Lyme disease bacteria under a microscope. The headline reads: Lyme Disease: Doctors versus Patients. Click here to go to the Special Report. and
Special-Report-AbledResearch Headline link banner shows a silhouette of Abled.com Co-Founder Laura Meddens walking with her Seeing Eye guide dog Wagner against a backdrop of Waggie's T-Cells as seen under a microscope with the headline: Cancer A Brave Guide Dog's Legacy. Click here to go to the article.
CAUSES Banner
AbledCauses Post Link Banner shows a video still of Ben Pierce sitting in a wooden chair and covering his face with his hands as he breaks down crying after he tells a reporter he doesn't want to go blind. The 9 year old is slowly losing his sight because of complications from his premature birth. Ben has dark brown hair and a narrow face with dark-tinted glasses. He's wearing a blue and white short-sleeved shirt with vertical and horizontal blue and white stripes with blue jeans. The headline reads: Abled Causes: Ben PIerce: Help fund a visual bucket list for 9 year old boy who is growing blind. Click here to go to the post.
AbledCauses banner shows a line drawing of a heart inside the gradient green rounded triangle of the Abled icon.
AbledCauses link box shows Nick Auden hugging his three children. The headline reads: Locky's Dad: His 'Right To Try' Legacy. Click here to go to the story.
AbledCauses post link box shows a photo of Max Page ('Lil Darth Vader') holding a Joy Jar filled with trinkets, toys and inspirational messages for sick children in hospital. A photo card forms the other half of the picture and shows Jessie Rees who originated the idea of Joy Jars before losing her battle with cancer. The headline reads: Joy Jars: Max Keeps Jessie's Dream Alive. Click here to go to the post.
AbledCauses link box shows a photograph of web evangelist Molly Holzschlag with her trademark curly long hair before she became ill with a rare disorder. The other photo is a more recent one, showing Molly with much shorter hair covered by a colorful head scarf. The text reads: AbledCauses: Molly Holzschlag: The Fight of Her Life. Click here to go to the story to learn how you can help this Internet Pioneer beat this rare illness.
AboutAbled link Banner shows Abled Co-Founder Laura Meddens looking out at the seaside at sunset in Curaçao with the text Laura Meddens: An Abled Vision For Global Accessibility, Inclusion and Equality. Click here to go to the AboutAbled page.
PREVIOUS POSTS Banner
Abled Warriors post link banner shows sketches of the American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial dedicated on October 5, 2014 in Washington, D.C. A stone wall bears the name of the inscribed into it in the background while we see two men observing an eternal flame in the granite star centerpiece of the memorial while we see the left profile of an Armed Forces officer and another man in the center foreground looking off to the left. Someone in a wheelchair is sitting further to the left, looking at the reflecting pool. The headline reads: AbledWarriors: American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial: The Dedication. Click here to go to the post.
AbledHealth Post link banner shows a laptop screen on a desk in an office with the health.gov website on the screen. The headline reads: Obamacare: Beware Of 'Automatic Renewal'. CLick here to go to the post.
AbledRx link box shows a photo of various Aspirin bottles and boxes. The headline reads: AbledRx; Aspirin: Linked to Huge Cut in Cancer. Click here to go to the post.
AbledKids post link box shows a screen grab from a new App for emergency preparedness for children produced by Sesame Workshop, the prodders of Sesame Street. It shows a video frame featuring Grover in a construction helmet. The headline reads: AbledKids: Sesame Street: Disaster Apps for Kids. Click here to go to the post.
AbledCauses link box shows a photo by RonnMurrayPhoto.com in which 9 year-old Ben Pierce stands with his arms outstretched in a 'victory salute' as the Northern Lights cast a green hue in the sky in the background. Ben is wearing a blue parka with and orange stripe and ivory hood. He wears tinted glasses and is smiling at the camera. The headline reads: AbledCauses: Ben Pierce: UPDATE: Visual Bucket List. Click here to go to the story.
AbledCauses link box shows Nick Auden hugging his three children. The headline reads: Locky's Dad: His 'Right To Try' Legacy. Click here to go to the story.
AbledTeens link banner headline reads: Max Lamm - Wrestler extraordinaire. A screen grab from a video profile of Max shows the 13 year-old Wrestler wearing a yellow T-shirt and smiling towards the camera after he's just been awarded a wrestling medal. Max has sanely blonde hair cut neatly. Max was diagnosed with retinoblastoma as an infant and progressively lost his vision. Click here to go to the story.
AbledWarriors link box shows a photo of Britain's Prince Harry dressed in his camouflage combat fatigues as he addresses a press conference with the logo of the Invictus Games behind him in grey on a black background. The second I in Invictus and the letters A and M in Games are in bright yellow to form the words: I Am. The headline reads: AbledWarriors: Invictus Games: Prince Harry's Great 'Nick'. Click here to go to the post.
AbledCauses post link box shows a photo of Max Page ('Lil Darth Vader') holding a Joy Jar filled with trinkets, toys and inspirational messages for sick children in hospital. A photo card forms the other half of the picture and shows Jessie Rees who originated the idea of Joy Jars before losing her battle with cancer. The headline reads: Joy Jars: Max Keeps Jessie's Dream Alive. Click here to go to the post.
AbledNetworks link banner to AbledNews. The banner contains a montage of previously published stories. Click the banner to go to the archive page.
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AbledAmsterdam link button shows a view of the old houses along a canal at dusk with small lights illuminating the curves under the canal bridge
AbledBabies link button shows 3 babies sitting side by side in their diapers
AbledBusiness link button shows a businesswoman in a grey suit sitting in a wheelchair in the foreground with a report in her lap with her colleagues working at a desk in the background
AbledChicago link button shows the Chicago skyline at dusk with violet clouds in the sky
AbledCommunities link button shows a globe comprised of various people's faces
AbledCoping link button shows a silhouette of 5 people standing side-by-side with upraised linked hands against a glowing yellow-orange moonset
AbledDads link button shows a father sitting at the computer laughing with his young son and daughter sitting with him
AbledDeals link button shows a female shopper dressed in a sporty jacked with her arms upraised holding shopping bags
AbledDining link button shows a young woman smiling while eating a bowl of fruit
AbledEducation link button shows a young woman with long blond hair and wearing glasses workoing on a paper as she sits on a bench with her university in the background
AbledFitness link button shows a smiling and shirtless young man with dark curly hair doing push-ups on a beach by the ocean on a nice sunny day
AblkedFun link button shows a silhouette of a young boy in a wheelchair fishing at dusk against a brilliant orange sunset
AbledHealth link button shows 4 people sitting cross-legged meditating on the grass beside a lake on a sunny day
AbledHelpers link button shows a young man helping an elderly woman to transfer from her wheelchair to a car
AbledHotels link button shows Laura Meddens sitting on a bench with her guide dog Wagner in front of the swimming pool at the Ruiz hotel and resort in Aruba with white moorish-roofed refreshment bars in the background on a beautiful sunny day
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AbledIssues link button shows a woman in a wheelchair stuck while she tries to navigate up outdoor stairs
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AbledKids link bar shows a smiling African American boy working at his computer
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AbledMoms link button shows a you mother playing with her toddler daughter on the beach at the ocean on a sunny day
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AbledParis link button shows the Eiffel Tower and surrounding area at dusk
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AbledSeniors link button shows two active seniors sitting on white cushions with a blue ocean behind them as they practice yoga
AbledShopping link button shows a man and woman posing for the camera holding various shopping bags
AbledSydney link button shows part of Sydney harbor and bridge lit up at dusk
AbledTech link button shows a woman dressed in a silver mylar pantsuit wearing virtual glasses standing on a hill on a sunny day
AbledTeens link button shows two girls and a teenage boy lying forward on their elbows and looking to the camera in a studio
AbledToronto link button shows the Toronto lakefront cityscape with the CN Tower at dusk
AbledTravel link button shows a tanned woman lounging in a pool wearing a turqoiose blue wide-brimmed hat
AbledVancouver link button shows downtown Vancouver, a bit of False Creek and the north shore mountains at dusk
AbledWeddings link button shows a bride and groom walking along a sea-side beach hand in hand
AbledWellness link button shows a woman in a yellow bikini from behind as she sits and meditates on the edge of an infinity pool on the oceanfront

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