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Roadmaps: Not What I Imagined for Us

Acclaimed authors Rebekah Taussig and Hannah Soyer offer perspectives on the messiest questions about living with disability. First up, how do you stay positive for your loved ones while allowing yourself to grieve the loss of the future you had envisioned? If you have your own questions about disability life, please submit them.

Products

Switch-It Vigo Gives Power Wheelchair Users Wireless Head Control

Unlike traditional head-control units that rely on sensors in the headrest to control the wheelchair, the Vigo is a wireless headset that responds when you tilt your head. It’s designed to give users an intuitive way to operate their power wheelchairs. Switching modes on the Vigo also lets you use it as a controller to interact with computers, smart phones or tablets, or as a Bluetooth headset for receiving calls.

Sex, Wheels and Relationships

Women’s Pleasure

Women, and especially disabled women, don’t often have a chance to talk about sexuality. “I want to call B.S. And I want to call it for my female comrades. We have a right to talk about our bodies, our desires, and our experimentation without needing pregnancy as an excuse, and without feeling shame or embarrassment,” Regan Linton wrote in 2017. Here’s an unfiltered look at how women reengaged with sex after paralysis.

Media

Easterseals Film Challenge Offers Disabled Talent a Chance to Break into the Industry

Calling all disabled filmmakers and talent: You have the chance to vie for over $150,000 in grants in the 2024 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge from April 2-7. Over the course of six days, participants from all over the world will write, shoot and edit a short film based on this year’s genre, “Buddy Comedy.” Click the link for more info and how to register.

imperfect Documentary Follows a Disabled Theater Company Through a Production of the Musical Chicago

After making the festival rounds and receiving widespread critical acclaim, the documentary imperfect is now available on various streaming platforms. Co-directed by longtime New Mobility columnist Regan Linton, imperfect follows professional actors with disabilities at Phamaly, a disability-affirmative theater company in Denver. Linton says she hopes the film shows that a career in the arts is possible for people with disabilities of all types.

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