SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Workshops on topics of interest to people with disabilities will be featured at the Abilities Expo at the Schaumburg Convention Center outside Chicago.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Workshops on topics of interest to people with disabilities will be featured at the Abilities Expo at the Schaumburg Convention Center outside Chicago.
The three-day event starts Thursday, and admission is free.
Thousands of products and services for people with disabilities will be showcased. A fashion show will be held two times a day at the event.
Matthew Sanford, a yoga teacher who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, is scheduled to speak Thursday afternoon about the meaning of healing. He is the author of "Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence."
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