Person of the Year

The Airline Whisperer: How One Wheelchair User Is Making Air Travel More Accessible from the Inside

Like any wheelchair user who travels frequently by plane, John Morris knows how destructive airlines can be to mobility equipment. He’s watched airlines total his power wheelchair four times and has lost count of the times they’ve damaged it. But none of that has dampened his love of flying. Read how our 2023 Person of the Year has been working from the inside to fight for a more accessible future for air travel, where everyone can fly safely.

Accessibility Fails

Makeshift Accessibility Mishaps That Define the Holidays

Since becoming a wheelchair user in 2015, Hilary Muehlberger has come to view the holiday season as not only a fun time to connect with loved ones, but also a game of chance. Will she visit the house with the haphazard ramp, or maybe the one where she accesses the bathroom via rolling stool? Why not both? Read about her most memorable holiday accessibility fails and share your own by replying to this email.

Comic

Please Remain Seated: Accessible Parking

New Column

A Day in the Life: Captain Tyler Turner

Our newest column takes you into the daily lives of some of our community’s most interesting members. First up is Tyler Turner, a T4 para and charter boat captain, who wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to start his workday taking clients fishing on his 50-foot boat off the Oregon Coast. From the custom carbon-fiber knee-ankle-foot braces he wears, to the panko-breaded dinners he cooks, see how Turner makes it through his day as a working father and husband.

Pro Tips

Cheap Microcomputers Bring a New Dimension to DIY Adaptive Tools

Though Kary Wright has been creating his own adaptive tools for decades, he never had the skills to build electronic gadgets. But the advent of cheap, DIY-friendly microcomputers has added an exciting new realm of hacking possibilities, resulting so far in an automated gardening system and a pair of voice-activated pliers.

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