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New Mobility’s Biweekly Newsletter – February 18, 2021


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TRENDING

Robotic Chair Loader

If you like to transfer into a car instead of rolling into a van, there’s no getting around the fact that breaking down your wheelchair and pulling it in with you is a pain. Maybe that’s why this video showing a robotic arm that extends from various types of hatchbacks, grabs your wheelchair and lifts it into the back of your car in about 30 seconds already has 1.5 million views.

Clam Shell Shoes

If you’ve been anywhere on the internet over the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen the hype about Nike’s new Go FlyEase shoe — a sweet-looking sneaker that opens up like a clam shell to make it super easy to put on. Here’s the story of how Matthew Walzer, a young man with cerebral palsy, helped the sneaker giant start creating more inclusive products.

FUN READ

James Weisman: Making a Career Out of a Passion

James Weisman, United Spinal Association’s recently retired CEO, has been one of the disability community’s fiercest advocates for the past 40-plus years. Seth McBride chronicles his extraordinary career fighting to make New York City’s streets and public transit accessible, helping businesses to understand why access is a fundamental right, crafting key provisions of the ADA, and a whole lot more.

MEDIA

Nailed It, Failed It and Meh

As the entertainment tide slowly rises on more accurate representation of disability, we look at some recent film and television examples featuring real-life wheelchair users in which disability is incidental to an episode’s plot. Then there are those that are trying but still don’t quite get it, and those that fail in the most tired and stereotypical ways.

PRO TIPS

IVF Options

Studies show that only about 10% of men with spinal cord injuries are able to conceive naturally through intercourse. Thankfully for the other 90% there are a myriad of options, each with varying levels of invasiveness, effectiveness and potential side effects. Fresh off his own crash course, Kenny Salvini breaks down the details of sperm extraction and the all-important calculus of how many embryos to implant for IVF.

 

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Kirsty
Kirsty
3 years ago

I have had an abiloader since 2015. I LOVE it. I first had it in a 2015 Toyota RAV4. My chair fit in without the back folding down. I just changed my vehicle and it transferred into the new Rav4 I bought. The challenge right now is finding installers who are capable of dealing with the equipment. The more folks who get one, the easier this will become.