The Big Ideas Issue
We asked thought leaders in technology, transportation, culture, community and function research: What are the Big Ideas on how to make the world better for wheelchair users? Here’s what they said.
September 2019
The Inspiration Conundrum
Living life with a disability almost inevitably involves a delicate, and often frustrating, dance with the rest of society’s (mis)conceptions of inspiration.
August 2019
The iBot is Back. Is the Second Time the Charm?
Twenty years after Dean Kamen revealed his stair-climbing wonder chair on national TV, the iBOT is poised to take center stage again with a new and improved model.
July 2019
From Wyoming With Love
What started as a simple inquiry about a potential profile developed into a beautiful correspondence between two longtime wheelchair users about life on the ranch.
June 2019
The Man Behind Airbnb's Access Push
As the head of Airbnb’s push for accessibility and inclusion, Srin Madipalli is overseeing the $35 billion peer-to-peer rental giant’s efforts to make travel more accessible.
May 2019
Nurses on Wheels Fight Back
Despite facing many of the same barriers that wheelchair-using doctors encounter, a growing army of nurses on wheels is fighting the system and advocating for changes that will benefit everyone, with and without disabilities.
April 2019
Disabled Docs - Healing the Medical Model?
Wheelchair users are making it through medical school and rolling into emergency rooms, operating rooms and private practices with greater frequency.
March 2019
When the Nightmare of an Airline Losing Your Wheelchair Comes True
The biggest travel fear is an airline losing your wheelchair or damaging it.
Heartbreak and Hope
When a good personal care attendant leaves me, I’m heartbroken.
Writing with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, TextExpander and CoWriter
As a writer with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, who types with one finger, I use a combination of apps.
Big Ideas in Technology
Smart technologies combined with artificial intelligence and advanced robotics are changing everything we know about mobility devices.
Big Ideas in Function
Everything we knew about rehab and research is being turned on its head.
Big Ideas in Culture
Disability is more visible than ever, and our most celebrated representatives are insisting on authentic portrayals, genuine athletic achievement and true political equity.
If You Receive Medicaid or SSI, You May Qualify for Low-Cost Internet
Comcast is expanding access to its $9.95 a month internet plan.
Want to Know Why Your Uber or Lyft isn’t Accessible? Ask Your State Legislator
One way they grew quickly is by skirting the regulations under which traditional taxis have to operate.
Strategies to Avoid Pressure Sores
Researchers’ knowledge of how pressure sores — now often referred to as “pressure injuries”— continues to evolve.
Flotsam Me
Since becoming a quadriplegic in 1986, I always wondered if I would float or sink, and could I swim?
Surprising Guilt-Free Energy Boosters
Many with disabilities experience fatigue. The appetizing news is that red meat can play a significant role in improving energy levels.
Other Recent Articles
Big Ideas in Transportation
The last thing we want is to relive the rise of ridesharing companies, when people with disabilities were left sitting on the curb. This time around, as autonomous vehicles emerge, we’re at the table.
Big Ideas in Community
Finding the perfect home that you can afford in an enticingly-accessible neighborhood that you absolutely adore shouldn’t be this hard. How can we get our own piece of the American dream?
Thinking Big
As New Mobility celebrates its 30th anniversary and we recognize Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month, the NM team marks the occasion by looking to the future and thinking big.
News September 2019
The Quad Podcast. Queer Eye for the Wheeled Guy. SCI Research Survey. Wine on Wheels a Success. Ffora Thinking. Camp Adventure Tower.
I Am Not Your Inspiration
Whenever anyone tells me how inspirational I am, I think back to Nike’s famous 1993 commercial featuring NBA-legend Charles Barkley.
The Winter of My Discontent
So in cold weather I was spending an increasing amount of time hiding indoors. And I’m really susceptible to cabin fever, so that sucked big-time. Then I’d give myself the old blower pep talk.
