Weightlifting with dumbells can be a good way to work your arms and your upper body, no matter what your physical limitations are. Dumbells are something that physical therapists use with their disabled patients even to build are and core strength. You can even try to tie the dumbell to your leg and lift them up that way in order to build muscle mass in your legs. Make sure that someone is with you when you are working with the dumbells so you don’t injure yourself. Accidents do happen. However, if someone ever tells you that you can’t do something with dumbells due to a disability let them know that you won’t know that until you try.
You can get your weightlifting with dumbells done at a price between twenty and sixty bucks on a place like Amazon.com. Just watch out and make sure you aren’t buying an expensive brand name of dumbell like Bowflex unless that is specifically what you are looking for.