Products

JAY LitePro Cushion Offers Lightweight Stability

Sunrise Medical’s new cushion combines a contoured, closed-cell foam base that supports the thighs and outer hips with a latticed elastomer insert — think fancy, breathable rubber — that redistributes pressure away from high-risk areas like the coccyx and trochanters. It’s designed to offer stability and high-level skin protection for active users.

Air Travel

Testing Two New Seat Designs That Will Let You Fly in Your Wheelchair

John Morris travels to the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Germany to test two new in-cabin seating systems. He found the designs functional for his Permobil F3 and he even got Airbus to answer one all-important question: When will we start seeing these systems on actual flights?

Comic

Please Remain Seated: DEI Camping

Accessible Parking Abuse

A Malpractice Case Against ParkingMD

When Ian Ruder started seeing ads for ParkingMD pop up in his social media feed, he could immediately feel his blood pressure rising. The service advertised how quickly it could help someone get a disabled placard with online “doctor assistance.” He started investigating where this company came from. The answer involves the pandemic, medical marijuana and a stable of signature-happy doctors.

Media

Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Offers 144 Short Films By Disabled Creators

Some of Hollywood’s brightest disabled talents and future stars are on display in this year’s Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. We talk with Andy Arias, a wheelchair user who wrote and starred in one of the films about the challenge and how it can be a catalyst for more authentic representation.