Disability and Intimacy: Paraquad’s Healthy Relationship Classes
Paraquad’s healthy relationship classes typically involve six to eight participants engaging in conversations through interactive group activities.
The Benefits of the EksoNR Exoskeleton for Legs
With consistent use, the EksoNR helps people regain independence. Studies show that using an exoskeleton for legs improves gait, walking speed, balance and endurance.
Get to Know the Bloom Culinary Training Program
The Bloom Culinary Training Program is the only project of its kind in the St. Louis area.
Paraquad’s Job Training Programs for Teens & Adults with Disabilities
A stable job offers countless social and financial perks. That’s why Paraquad offers job training programs for teens and adults with disabilities.
Annie Morrow Featured on the MS Living Well Podcast
Learn more about Annie Morrow’s interview on the MS Living Well Podcast, where she discussed mobility and multiple sclerosis (MS) with Dr. Barry Singer.
Achieving Your Self-Advocacy Goals with Paraquad
Some may take this for granted, wondering: “Why is self-advocacy important?” Yet, for people with developmental disabilities, self-advocacy goals may take time to develop and achieve.
Paraquad’s Reuse Program: Recycling All Types of Assistive Technology
Various types of assistive technology help people move, communicate, see and integrate themselves into the broader community. Paraquad’s assistive technology specialists dedicate their time to reducing cost barriers by keeping old devices out of landfills and giving them new life.
Four Essential Questions About Consumer-Directed Services in Missouri
Consumer-directed services (CDS) in Missouri allow adults with disabilities to live comfortably in their environment.
WashU and Paraquad in St. Louis Begin WATCH Research Study
Washington University (WashU) and Paraquad in St. Louis recently began studying the cardiovascular health of wheelchair users after incorporating adaptive gym equipment into their routines.
Defying Gravity: The AlterG Treadmill
The Stephen A. Orthwein Center offers countless ways to regain your strength and health through adaptive exercise. This year, we added a cutting-edge piece of equipment to our facility — the AlterG® Anti-Gravity Treadmill™.
The Benefits of Paraquad’s Peer Mentoring Program
Paraquad’s peer mentoring program is a tool to empower people with disabilities to explore the possibilities after a life-changing circumstance.
Eight Activities for Wheelchair Users in St. Louis
Paraquad is dedicated to helping you find things to do inside the St. Louis area that are both accessible and fun
Meet the Lokomat: A Machine Built to Increase Mobility
The Stephen A. Orthwein Center offers an array of fully accessible, state-of-the art equipment. One of our most popular attractions is the Lokomat®, a gait training robot-assisted therapy machine that may be used with 1:1 training with an adaptive exercise specialist.
Updates to the Ticket to Work Program in Missouri
The Ticket to Work Program in Missouri broadens the horizons for what people with disabilities can do — individuals can get married, take a better job and save for the future without fear of losing their insurance coverage.
Guest Column: St. Louis Business Journal, March 30, 2023
Paraquad has joined with other organizations that seek to remove barriers for people with disabilities to ask Metro for a six-month delay in implementing the cuts and for conversations to seek a different solution.
Six Months Into The War, Ukrainians With Disabilities Still Struggle To Escape
As August comes to an end and the war in Ukraine reaches its six-month mark, the majority of people with disabilities continue to face abandonment and imminent danger by Russian soldiers as humanitarian groups struggle to evacuate them from their war-ravaged homeland.
Parquad Awarded $150,000 MODDC Grant for Sexuality Education for People with Developmental Disabilities
Paraquad in St. Louis has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant for training advocates and self-advocates to provide comprehensive sexuality education to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a group often excluded from any discussion of human sexuality.
MOSILC Survey Released
MOSILC has developed this Community Needs Assessment to gather information about your community’s opinions, needs, and challenges for people with disabilities. It is MOSILC’s hope that by gathering this information it will provide MOSILC with important information on how to support people with disabilities within your community.