Disability-specific recommendations about COVID-19, including how to find information you can trust.
Return to Accessible Travel
What does travel look like in a COVID-19 world for people with disabilities? Wheelchair users and travel experts make some sense out of the new hurdles and realities of traveling.
The Photo Issue
For the first time, we’ve decided to let the photos do the storytelling. Instead of our typical mix of features, we’ve assembled a package of diverse photo essays. Fewer words, more images, but the same New Mobility.
September 2020
The ADA at 30
We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by looking back, looking forward and examining where we sit today.
July 2020
Vent Life
Ventilators have come a long way since the invention of the iron lung almost 100 years ago. We check in with people who use vents to see what their active lifestyles look like today and how COVID-19 is impacting them.
June 2020
Life in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has affected all of our lives in more ways than we are even aware of yet. To help make sense of the all-too-confusing present, we’ve assembled a snapshot of the post-COVID world we are living in.
May 2020
Social Media Influencers
A growing number of disabled influencers are shaping many of the online discussions around disability in ways never seen before. Learn why they chose this path, how they built their followings and what life is like on the other side of the screen.
April 2020
Sports Chairs Come of Age
We take a look at the current crop of specialized sports chairs, the sports they’re designed for and the players who use them.
March 2020
Sex, Wheels & Relationships
Rediscovering your sexuality after a spinal cord injury can be difficult. This year’s Sex, Wheels & Relationships issue focuses on getting your groove back after SCI and keeping it going strong.
February 2020
Person of the Year: Karen Braitmayer
Architect, businesswoman and policy-shaper, her impact earned her the American Institute of Architects 2019 Whitney M. Young Award for Social Responsibility. For these reasons and many more, we are honored to present Braitmayer as our 2019 Person of the Year.
January 2020
Access the World Via International Exchange
Studying abroad is an exciting option that is more viable than ever for wheelchair users, thanks to an array of scholarships and programs.
Embracing Power
Switching from a manual to a power wheelchair is a nonstarter for many wheelers, but it can be the best — or the only — move.
A Year to Employment
From the Sofa to the Workforce: Can a Diversity Employment Nonprofit Learn to Include Wheelchair Users?
Financial Entrepreneur Shawnique Cotton
Shawnique is pushing through health setbacks to make her first million dollars and help others reach financial self-sufficiency.
Thoughts on Best-Fit Computer Tech
In the fight against the machine, we have more technology options than ever to help us win the battles.
Fires to the East and West
I’ve written and edited numerous stories dealing with disasters. None of that prepared me for seeing the valley to the southwest glowing with flame.
Pathways To Employment
The first “Future of Work” event on Oct. 29 will focus on highlighting solutions that solve barriers to work and workplace complications.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Looks to Advance Thought-Controlled Electronics
Neuralink is preparing to begin trials with SCI users.
Three Leaders Awarded $1 Million Neilsen Visionary Prize
Three SCI community leaders were awarded the $1 million Nielsen Visionary prize.
What to Watch: Cooking in a Wheelchair
New YouTube show, "Cooking in a Wheelchair," features "low-effort" meals.
When Dysreflexia Calls
Here comes autonomic dysreflexia. You know that feeling … for me it’s a little bit of metal in the mouth, a little bit of tingling on the back of your head … its AD on its way.
Wheelchair Users in Space! An Interview with the creator of ‘Away’
The hit Netflix series "Away" showcases authentic wheelchair users and experiences.
Also Popular
Meet in the Middle: COVID Travel Compromise
Here are four tips for hitting the road in the middle of a pandemic.
Safeish Travels During COVID
Here is what I did to prepare, how things actually went and what I learned from being forced to travel during the pandemic.
We’ve Been Here Before
Normally, I’d have spent the last few months tracking spinal cord injury research. Call it all to a halt.
News October 2020
Disability Goes Partisan. One Million Dollars! Cooking in a Wheelchair. Disability Friendly Colleges. The Cyborgs Are All in Your Head. Keep Staring.
Wheelchair Confidential: Fire Alarmed
I attended a crowded Friday evening event on the fourth floor of a newly-remodeled, century-old building. On the way up, it felt novel to be ...
Pandemic ‘Success’
Finding ways to stay sane is more important than ever, and to my surprise, I’m finding solace in my nightly writing.