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
New Mobility Guide to Online Dating
Rejected. Frustrated. Ghosted. Finding true love online as a wheelchair user can be a lot more complicated than simply swiping left or right
February 2019
Person of the Year
Cory Lee Woodard has become the face of accessible travel, and now he has another honor to add to his growing list: New Mobility’s 2018 Person of the Year.
January 2019
Why I Was Wrong About Dr. Phil’s Caregiver Episode
Dr. Phil's Caregiver episode was about codependence, and not negative toward interabled relationships.
3D Printed Implants May Offer a Unique Approach for Treating Spinal Cord Injury
3D printed implants may provide the necessary scaffolding for stem cells to treat a spinal cord injury.
“Walk. Ride. Rodeo.” Now Streaming on Netflix
Walk. Ride. Rodeo., now streaming on Netflix, tells the story of wheelchair-using cowgirl Amberley Snyder.
Reinterpreting Body Language
How do you convey all the subtleties of nonverbal communication when you don’t have full use of your body?
Exploring the Galápagos Islands
The islands and animals that inspired Charles Darwin can now inspire you, no matter your abilities.
Living Through the Sting of Disability
Finding a silver lining amidst pain, unwanted health issues and society’s cruel eye is a lot for anyone to handle.
Data Shows Airlines Damaged 1,975 Wheelchairs in Three Months
The numbers of wheelchairs damaged point to an industry-wide problem.
A New Grant Opportunity for Artists and Innovators with SCI
The grant is open to people with SCI who have creative projects that need funding.
Is ‘Medicare for All’ Medicare for Us?
Taking a look at where the disability community sits in the current health care debate.
Launching a Decade of Disruption
If ever there was an industry that could use some disruption, SCI research is it.
Kevin Mullin: Keeping Rehab Real
Mullin dedicated himself to studying SCI rehab and recovery. Now he is one of the founders of the Center for Neuro Recovery.
The Wahls Protocol for Treating MS With Diet
Diagnosed with MS, this professor of medicine went back to the basic science and experimented on herself.
Other Recent Articles
Dealing with the ‘Normies’
Everyone agrees that #AbledsAreWeird. Here's some advice on how to best handle annoying ABs.
The Most Accessible Place on Earth
Google tells me that the Los Angeles Convention Center is approximately 30 miles from Disneyland. When I attended L.A.’s recent Abilities Expo, you could have convinced me that I was rolling through Anaheim’s famed theme park.
Googling Stereotypes
I wanted to write about the overly-medicalized stereotypical images of caregiving a lot of people carry around in their heads, so I entered the word “caregiver” into a search engine and then clicked images.
Debunking the Shoulder Blow-Out Myth
When asked if it’s inevitable that a manual wheelchair user with an active lifestyle will blow out their shoulders, ADAPT Training Vice President Jerod Warf says absolutely not.
Fierce, Centered Self-Care
Millie Gonzalez says it took her a while to choose “#LiveFiercely: Take Control of Your Life Through Self-Care.” as her winning Ms. Wheelchair New Jersey 2019 platform.
Wheelchair Confidential
Before retirement, I was a college professor and did brain research. One night, to treat my research team, I ordered pizza and since my lab was tricky to locate, gave instructions for the driver ...
