Products

IZ Adaptive is Dropping Prices by up to 50% on Jeans, Sweats, Chinos and More

Adaptive clothing brand IZ Adaptive has long been known for modern, fashionable and functional clothing, but also for prices beyond the budget of many consumers. Yesterday, the founder announced that bestselling items that had been priced between $80-$126 are being reduced to roughly $60-$70.

Advocacy

Help Make More Medical Equipment Accessible

The Department of Justice recently proposed rules establishing specific requirements and technical standards for the accessibility of medical diagnostic equipment like exam tables, x-ray machines, mammography equipment and weight scales purchased by state and local governments. Click the link to help make sure these important new regulations are adopted.  

Media

Options, Barry Corbet’s Classic Guide to Living with SCI, Now Available Online for Free

Longtime New Mobility editor Barry Corbet published Options, a guide to thriving with spinal cord injury based on Corbet’s own experience and interviews with dozens of SCI survivors across the country. “I want you to share this experience so that you will not have to muck about in the wilderness for years, as I did, to acquire it by yourself,” Corbet writes in the preface. Forty years after it was published, Options remains some of the most impactful writing about disability ever produced, and it’s now available online for the first time.

Perspectives

I’m a Disabled Teen. My Wheelchair Needs to Grow with Me as I Roll Toward Independence

Anja Herrman’s wheelchair has been more than a mobility device. It’s brought the 17-year-old joy and independence and helped her be proud of her disabled identity. But as her life outgrows her current wheelchair’s capabilities, she’s frustrated to encounter a medical system with little care for her needs outside of her home or doctor’s offices. 

Pro Tips

Potentially Panama: A Wheelchair User Considers the Benefits and Drawbacks of Moving Abroad

“Over my 21 years of living with quadriplegia, I have independently cared for my personal needs with minor help from my husband,” writes Lilly Longshore. “I know this will not last forever. We are both aging. I will need more help in the future. And I will have to pay for it myself.” Could moving to Panama be a comfortable and affordable answer?

---

Support New Mobility Wait! Before you wander off to other parts of the internet, please consider supporting New Mobility. For more than three decades, New Mobility has published groundbreaking content for active wheelchair users. We share practical advice from wheelchair users across the country, review life-changing technology and demand equity in healthcare, travel and all facets of life. But none of this is cheap, easy or profitable. Your support helps us give wheelchair users the resources to build a fulfilling life.