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Celebrating the 2026 Paralympics & Adaptive Sports

Here’s a look back at the many ways Shirley Ryan AbilityLab celebrated the 2026 Paralympics and the spirit of competition through adaptive sports.

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2025 Impact Report: Restoring What Matters Most

With donor support in Fiscal Year 2025, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab was able to fund vital programs that enabled patients to return to the lives they love, including community-based quality-of-life programs.

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Research Spotlight: “Mini Brains” Can Advance Understanding of Brain

A recent study in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering highlighted a new technology that can allow for a better understanding of brain development and disease.

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Fitness Tips for Aging Adults With Limited Mobility Featured in AARP

AARP recently published more than 30 tips to help older adults with limited mobility engage in physical activity. In the article, “AARP Smart Guide to Fitness for Those With Limited Mobility,” Jessica Curran, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapist and clinical manager of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Northbrook Outpatient Center, contributed her advice.

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Exercise During IVF & Beyond

See guidelines, based on current research, to help patients build a strong foundation of safe and effective exercise during IVF.

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Chicago Blackhawks Foundation & Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Debut Renovated Playroom

Players from the Chicago Blackhawks recently stopped by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to bring holiday cheer to the hospital’s youngest patients.

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Shoveling This Winter? It’s ‘Snow’ Problem With These Four Safety Tips

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SkyRise Chicago 2025 Recap

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is grateful for all of the SkyRise Chicago participants, volunteers and donors — as well as the teams at Willis Tower and SkyDeck Chicago — for contributing to another successful event.

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Diabetes & Exercise: Why Fitness Matters

Two Shirley Ryan AbilityLab exercise physiologists share insights about how movement, strength and mindfulness all play a key role in supporting people living with diabetes or prediabetes.

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Five Easy Tips for an Accessible & Inclusive Halloween

Haleigh Nierman, OT, a senior occupational therapist at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab who specializes in pediatric rehabilitation, offers five easy tips for how to make Halloween accessible, inclusive and welcoming for kids.

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Get Ready to Climb! Kyle Bisping, DPT, on SkyRise Chicago

Kyle Bisping, DPT, clinical manager of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Burr Ridge Outpatient & DayRehab Center answers questions about SkyRise Chicago — the hospital’s annual stair climb at Chicago’s Willis Tower.

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The Sky’s the Limit: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Prepares Patients for Return to Air Travel

To help prepare patients for a return to air travel, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s recreational therapy team plans and facilitates regular outings to the airport to practice all aspects of air travel.

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