Untangling Spinal Cord Complications
No one wants to worry about losing more function or suffering from increased pain, but scar tissue and cysts in and on the spinal cord can cause just that for a small percentage of people with SCI.
October 2019
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.
Rehab After Shoulder Surgery
The long road to recovery for four people who underwent surgery to repair their rotator cuffs.
Disability Advocacy Champion Marca Bristo: 1953 – 2019
The disability community lost one of its best when longtime activist Marca Bristo passed. Looking back at what made her so powerful.
The Experience of Falconry
Who needs an aerie when you’ve got a wheelchair?
Lawsuit Alleges ICE Mistreats Disabled Immigrant Detainees
The lawsuit claims disabled immigrant detainees are being denied access to healthcare and mobility equipment.
Getty and Verizon Media Offer New Disability Photography Grant
Calling all disabled photographers — if you’re looking for a way to influence how the [...]
Businessman and Inventor Stefan Henry
Stefan Henry lives a dual life that Tony Stark would envy: CEO of an assistive device company by day, designer/inventor by night.
Research Matters
How does spinal cord injury research get paid for? It’s an issue I’ve been trying to understand for the better part of two decades.
Manu Heras, Intrepid Explorer
In the past five years Manu Heras has hitchhiked, “frontpacked” and van-camped through all the continents except Antarctica.
Other Recent Articles
Recovering from Bed Confinement
My first priority was to regain the range of motion I had lost in my arms and shoulders, critical for transferring and wheeling.
To China and Back for Syrinx Surgery
Ali Ingersoll went to China because she feared a cyst would destroy her quality of life. She shares the good, the bad and the weird that came from her sojourn abroad.
Bird is the Word
Birdability founder Virginia Rose is passionate about birds, nature and the trails that lead to both, and she is certain there’s at least one disabled person like her in most cities.
The Summer of My Discontent
As the leaves start to turn and the days grow shorter, I find myself daydreaming about the idyllic days of early summer; back when I could count on the sun to warm my quad bones late into the night; back when I had a full stable of excellent doctors I could rely on.
Marxism for Dummies
Socialism is what gets me out of bed every day. If getting me out of bed was left up to the greedy pigs, I’d have no choice but to check into one of the nursing home chains they own, without possibility of parole.
Wheelchair Confidential
When I was first injured back in the mid-2000s, I did not have enough finger dexterity to dial my cell phone well. Instead, I used a Motorola phone that allowed me to make calls by saying “abracadabra.” It was a lot like summoning Siri, only it kept mistakenly activating phone calls.
