New Mobility Weekly Newsletter – July 14, 2016


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NEWS

More Accessible Taxis Coming to Chicago

The Windy City is already a great destination for wheelchair users, and with 50 new accessible cabs due to hit the streets in the next few weeks, it’s about to become even friendlier.

Jail Time Now Possible for People with Fake Service Animals

Florida has passed a law cracking down on people who pretend pets are service animals in order to get them into businesses like grocery stores and restaurants. Fakers can get up to 60 days in jail.

TRENDING NOW

From Tame to Extreme, These Videos are Worth Sharing

A Spanish Facebook page is racking up views and shares with short video clips of wheelers ziplining, paddleboating with a unique adaptive boat, and twisting through the air on a flying jetski add-on called a Jetovator. The site is short on explanation, and what little there is doesn’t translate well, but the videos themselves are two tons of fun.

PRO TIPS

Over the first couple of years post-injury, I underwent an attitudinal shift that is continuing to this day. It is as if my wheels have set me free to think and be in the world in new ways.
It is as if my wheels have set me free to think and
be in the world in new ways.

My SCI Taught Me to Say ‘Yes’ to New Experiences

I am 14 years post-injury now, and I can honestly say that even at five years post I had a better life after my accident than I did before it. Why? I learned to say ‘yes’ to things I would never have done before. Kayaking? Yes. Basketball? Yes. Flying? Yes. Traveling alone? Yes. Each adventure built my confidence, and I realized that my world did not have to be smaller — in fact, it was getting bigger.

Track Vehicles, aka Tank Chairs, Bulldoze into Summer

Track chairs — those all-terrain power chairs with tank-like treads — come in a surprising variety of sizes and configurations. From the gas-powered TracFab to the indoor/outdoor TrackMaster, the “monster truck” Tankchair and the standing Action TrackChair, this product category has definitely come of age.

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