He Won’t Get Far on Foot
NEW MOBILITY Facebook fans decided to have a little bit of fun at the expense of Kevin Dennison, the wheelchair user who robbed a bank in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 4. Here are some of their comments on the article, “Man in a Wheelchair Robs TD Bank in Sunnyside.”

Bob Martinson: I’m taking ALL the money, on these two bottom shelves.

Stephen Harris: It’s tempting. Medicare and SSDI don’t cover much. Maybe it’s time to take matters into our own disabled hands?

Rey Gonzales: It wasn’t me, I was home! I swear!

Bill Jacobs: Give me all the money! Can someone open the door?

Goodbye and Thank You, Jewel
The comics world is mourning the Jan. 7 passing of Jewel Kats, who was the inspiration for Archie’s love interest, Harper. Kats, who used crutches or a wheelchair since a car accident when she was 9, wrote the Fairy Ability books and was promoting her graphic novel DitzAbled Princess at Fan Expo in 2013 when she met Dan Parent, who penned the Archie comics.

“I wheeled up to him, looked at him square in the eye, and I said to him, ‘Why isn’t there a character with a disability in Riverdale? How is that possible?’ Dan didn’t have an answer prepared, obviously, but he gave me something that was way more important. He gave me his contact info.” That chance encounter led to shared messages, ideas from Kats, and eventually Parent creating Harper.

The Mighty Stumbles
In response to TheMighty.com’s love of “inspiration porn” and its sometimes clumsy attempts to reflect the experiences of people with disabilities, Disability Visibility Project’s Alice Wong created the #InspoPornResolution as a guide for greater authenticity.

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