Editors |
Managing Editor
Gillian Friedman, MD
Editors
Paula Fitzgerald
Renne Gardner Pamela K. Johnson Sylvia Martirosyan Lia Limón Martirosyan Molly McGovern Josh Pate, PhD Maya Sabatello, PhD, JD Nancy Shi Health Editors
E. Thomas Chappell, MD
Larry Goldstein, MD Moses de Graft-Johnson, MD Web Editors
Alhaji Conteh
Marge Plasmier Mary Shafizadeh |
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Writers |
Contributors
George Covington
Ashley Fiolek Geri Jewell Regina Hall Myles Mellor Paul Pelland Betsy Valnes David S. Zimmerman Danielle Zurovick, PhD Humor Writers
Jeff Charlebois
George Covington, JD Gene Feldman, JD |
Media |
Multi-Media
Helki Frantzen
Stanya Kahn Graphics
Scott Johnson
Melissa Murphy |
Editor-in-Chief | Chet Cooper |
Transcriptionist | Sandy Grabowski |
Photographer | Nancy Villere |
Categories | Health and Disability |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
Publisher | Chet Cooper |
Founder | Chet Cooper |
Year founded | 1990 |
Country | United States of America |
Based in | Santa Ana and Costa Mesa, California |
Website | abilitymagazine |
ISSN | 1062-5321 |
OCLC number | 502282231 |
Ability is an American bimonthly magazine founded by Chet Cooper in 1990 and launched as the first newsstand magazine focused on issues of health and disability. Ability is consistently ranked in the Top 50 Magazines in the World — and is the leading magazine covering Health, Disability and Human Potential. It is distributed by Time Warner and has offices in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa, California.
Ability's content goal is to help remove the misunderstandings and erase the stereotypes that surround disability issues.Ability covers the latest on health, environmental protection, assistive technology, employment, sports, travel, universal design, mental wellness and much more. Frequently explored issues include the Americans with Disabilities Act,civil rights advancement, employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and human interest stories. Writers and contributors include MDs, PhDs, JDs, best-selling authors, U.S. senators and advocates. Cover interviews consist of movie and TV celebrities, business leaders, sports figures, presidents, first ladies and more. Each cover story of Ability showcases a prominent public figure who either has a disability or who has a connection to a disability-related cause.
Ability is dedicated to promoting accessibility in both content and form and is the first to embed VOICEYE (a high density matrix barcode system) on its editorial pages to hear print through smartphones and tablets—giving greater access to people with low vision, blindness or reading challenges in 58 languages.
Ability frequently participates in international conferences, public awareness events and opportunities to affect policy surrounding issues of disability; and has partnered with the United Nations in efforts to raise awareness.
Throughout the years, many entertainers and celebrities representing important causes have been featured on the cover of Ability. Notable musicians, such as Ray Charles,Andrea Bocelli, and Avril Lavigne; and actors, such as Mary Tyler Moore,Kirk Douglas,Jack Lemmon,Laura Dern,Holly Robinson Peete, and Fran Drescher, have shared their stories with Ability. Other famous faces include actor and advocate Christopher Reeve, talk show host Montel Williams, comedian Richard Pryor, and entertainer Donny Osmond. Most recently, Joe Mantegna, Kurt Yaeger, William H. Macy, Jennifer Esposito, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Andy Madadian, Amy Brenneman, Howie Mandel, Kirk Douglas, Stevie Wonder, Gary Busey, Austin Basis, and Max Gail have been featured in the magazine.