NM’S 2021 People of the Year: The Reality Poets

A group of current and former residents of Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center in Roosevelt Island, New York, were recklessly placed close to the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. They banded together to hold administrators and elected officials accountable and to share their terrifying experience as wheelchair users in a nursing home where COVID raged inside. Seth McBride profiles the artists, poets and filmmakers known as the Reality Poets.

Anjali Forber-Pratt: The Adventurer Leading the Government’s Disability Research

Elizabeth Forst profiles Anjali Forber-Pratt, the new director of the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.

Date Night Photo Contest

From beach days to walks in the woods to ball games to elegant dinners, our readers show they know how to keep that flame of romance alive.

What to Do With Your Used Wheelchair

Bob Vogel explores what you can do with your old wheelchairs instead of letting them gather dust in your garage.

Life, Love, Death and Disability in Russia

Oksana Smith pulls back the Iron Curtain to reveal what life is like as a wheelchair user in Russia.

In Case of Fire … Take Stairs?

The fire alarm is ringing. The stairs are packed. The elevator is locked down. John Beer talks with emergency experts and wheelers to find out the best course of action.

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