Disability-specific recommendations about COVID-19, including how to find information you can trust.
The ADA at 30
We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by looking back, looking forward and examining where we sit today.
Vent Life
Ventilators have come a long way since the invention of the iron lung almost 100 years ago. We check in with people who use vents to see what their active lifestyles look like today and how COVID-19 is impacting them.
Life in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has affected all of our lives in more ways than we are even aware of yet. To help make sense of the all-too-confusing present, we’ve assembled a snapshot of the post-COVID world we are living in.
May 2020
Social Media Influencers
A growing number of disabled influencers are shaping many of the online discussions around disability in ways never seen before. Learn why they chose this path, how they built their followings and what life is like on the other side of the screen.
April 2020
Sports Chairs Come of Age
We take a look at the current crop of specialized sports chairs, the sports they’re designed for and the players who use them.
March 2020
Sex, Wheels & Relationships
Rediscovering your sexuality after a spinal cord injury can be difficult. This year’s Sex, Wheels & Relationships issue focuses on getting your groove back after SCI and keeping it going strong.
February 2020
Person of the Year: Karen Braitmayer
Architect, businesswoman and policy-shaper, her impact earned her the American Institute of Architects 2019 Whitney M. Young Award for Social Responsibility. For these reasons and many more, we are honored to present Braitmayer as our 2019 Person of the Year.
January 2020
There’s Still Time to Enter the New Mobility Photo Contest
Enter by July 15 for a chance to win $500
Photograph Life as a Wheelchair User in 2020 and Win $500
Share a great photo that captures your 2020 experience and be part of our first-ever Photo Issue.
Growing
Thinking if I wanted plants, it would be just one more thing I would need to ask a caregiver to assist me with. Surely, gardening was not for quadriplegics.
Better Batteries Better Wheeling
How new and improved battery technology is helping users get the most out of their devices.
Kyle Cozad: A Profile in Tenacity
Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad didn’t let a a 2018 SCI keep him from serving our country.
How to Find, Train and Work With a Primary Care Physician
A PCP is supposed to help manage your complex care needs, but finding one who understands SCI/D can be surprisingly difficult.
Connecticut Hospitals Not Allowed to Prohibit Visitors for Disabled
A Connecticut state policy that prohibited disabled hospital patients from having visitors has been found [...]
Assessing the Impact Of COVID-19
We sent out our own coronavirus survey to get a better feel for how the pandemic has affected our community.
Helping People Survive the Nightmare
Gabrielle Broder is one of roughly 300 people across the United States who received COVID-19 relief grants from United Spinal this spring.
Epidural Stimulation Advocate Keith Smith
Besieged by medical problems, Keith Smith couldn’t picture a positive future for himself. A fortuitous phone call and an epidural stimulator changed everything.
Mind Over Machine
One of the end goals of brain computer interface research is to figure out how to make the robot feel like an extension of the body.
Big Ideas In Travel And Tourism
It’s Time To Move Beyond Access To Inclusion
Other Recent Articles
An Oral History of the Capitol Crawl
Mike Ervin talks with the activists who crawled up the Capitol steps and shook it loose.
Great (but Realistic) Expectations: The ADA at 30
Josie Byzek interviews advocates about how our civil rights law has performed since it passed, and where it needs to go next.
The ADA Enforcers
Steve Wright introduces us to people whose job it is to ensure the ADA works for everyone with a disability, whether they live in the country, our biggest city or somewhere in between.
Real Life ADA: We’ve Come So Far to Have So Far to Go
Perspectives on the ADA at 30 from leaders and New Mobility readers.
Taking the ADA on the Chin
It would be great if the governor or president would send in troops to confiscate the chin-high tables, take them out in the alley and chop them into pieces, like how they used to smash barrels of beer during prohibition.
Bluetooth – A Technology With Bite
For people with disabilities, Bluetooth has opened the doors to levels of independence that wouldn’t have been possible 10 years ago.
An Ugly But Positive Legacy
On the list of “terrible things about flying as a wheelchair user,” being referred to as “an ADA” by inconsiderate airline staff probably ranks somewhere between having your wheelchair damaged ...
Wheelchair Confidential: Fettuccine Afraido
Echo was my second service dog, a black-and-tan Doberman with a calm nature and a “diva” attitude. She went everywhere with me, and one evening joined me and ...
