Jill Pantozzi: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
As the deputy editor for io9, one of the web’s leading geek culture sites, Jill Pantozzi is uniquely positioned to influence the mainstream discourse about comics, sci-fi, fantasy and more.
December 2019
November 2019
The 2020 Consumer Guide
Adaptive products and adaptive lifestyles go hand in hand. Our annual Consumer Guide shows you the tech — and the techniques — for living fully on wheels.
October 2019
SCI: Arresting and Restoring Loss of Function
No one wants to worry about the possibility of 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. Tim Gilmer talks with wheelers dealing with these unfortunate circumstances to learn how to handle spinal cord complications.
September 2019
The Big Ideas Issue
Will wheelchairs always have wheels? If we can’t hail an Uber driver, will the company send an autonomous vehicle instead? And what about research?Where's our cure? Read on for answers in this, our first Big Ideas issue.
August 2019
Beyond Inspiration: A New Narrative
Living life with a disability almost inevitably involves a delicate, and often frustrating, dance with the rest of society’s (mis)conceptions of inspiration.
July 2019
The iBot is Back. Is the Second Time the Charm?
Twenty years after Dean Kamen revealed his stair-climbing wonder chair, the iBOT is poised to take center stage again with a new and improved model. Bob Vogel tested the new model and talked with the team members behind it to see that they learned from the original’s struggles and how they are working to make iBOT 2.0 a success.
June 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.
May 2019
Srin Madipalli, Airbnb and the Quest to ‘Belong Anywhere’
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. With rentals in almost 200 countries and over 150 million users, the company could be a game changer.
April 2019
Nurses on Wheels
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
March 2019
Disabled Doctors: 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.
