I used feel frustrated that my hands were full with my hiking poles, just when I wanted to pull out my camera and snap a photo of a gorgeous stream or some visiting Ring-necked Ducks. I have learned to stop, make sure I am standing in a stable place, then tuck my poles under one arm, freeing my hands to grab the camera. Once the photo is snapped, the camera goes back in its case, I grab both poles, and we’re on our way.

Once upon a time, a woman with a spinal cord injury who uses a wheelchair to get around discovered birding. Along with the joy of the actual birds, she discovered the fun of being part of a like-minded community, the perfect kind of exercise (that doesn’t really feel like exercise), and the health and wellness benefits of being in nature.

My journey of getting involved with other birders while having FSHD muscular dystrophy is long and circuitous. (“FSHD” stands for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy — referring to the face, shoulder and upper arm.) It started out innocently enough…

The readability of text is important — usually, that’s the whole reason you write something! Whether you’re writing on a website, in a newsletter, for interpretive signs or on PowerPoint slides, it’s important that your choices make your work as readable as possible.

Seven months ago, a hiking accident changed my life. Falling 20 feet through the air after missing the edge of a cliff lasted both a fraction of a second and an eternity, and when I hit the ground, I knew that my life would never be the same. I looked at my left foot, and I wasn’t sure it was attached to me.

Every year on March 1st, the positive impact wheelchairs have on people’s lives is celebrated around the world for International Wheelchair Day. To help celebrate, we’re sharing some information with you about wheelchairs, wheelchair etiquette, and why you shouldn’t describe someone as “wheelchair bound”.

I was a 26-year-old physics graduate student when I became suddenly, inexplicably, obsessed with birds. I was innocently studying at a park one spring afternoon when the sight of a Northern Flicker somehow kick-started a need to go identify as many species as possible.

Have you noticed square brackets and something called an “image description“ at the end of captions on some people’s social media posts? Ever wondered what they were?

Phew! What a big week it’s been in the story of Birdability! Last Thursday, Birdability became a registered non-profit in the State of Texas.