Products

Neuroaction Provides Standing Fitness and Mobility for Wheelchair Users

The Neuroaction provides the utility of a standing frame while allowing you to perform total body movements. You raise yourself into a standing position and then push and pull on two handles that drive your legs in a gliding motion. For those with limited arm strength, you can activate a motor in the device to assist in moving both your arms and your legs.

Bully Pulpit

Inside the Caregiver Crisis

A recent, drawn-out search for a live-in caregiver gave Ian Ruder a firsthand look at how bad America’s caregiver crisis has gotten. He’s found that his experience is all too common. “I’ve heard from readers worried they won’t be able to stay at home, friends unable to get together because they can’t cover a shift, and too many people forced to press their friends and family into unwanted responsibilities,” he writes.

Media

Lolo Spencer Brings Authenticity to The Sex Lives of College Girls 

Whether you’ve seen Lolo Spencer on her YouTube series Sitting Pretty or in the hit HBO series The Sex Lives of College Girls, her charisma makes it hard to take your eyes off the screen. Teal Sherer profiles Spencer and finds a power wheelchair user happy to be herself and with enough personality to push disability representation beyond its typical tropes. 

Pro Tips

Six Things Wheelchair Users Should Know About Autonomous Vehicles

For years, autonomous vehicles have been hyped as a way to make transportation more functional for people with disabilities and others for whom traditional options don’t work well. Now, AVs are starting to carry passengers on a street near you. Jenny Smith reports on whether the future really is accessible.

The School Bus Hack

Last winter, dreaming of summer camping trips with his family, Seth McBride bought a school bus. He had grand plans for converting it into a comfy and cozy adventure-mobile. Reality forced him to scale back, but even with an empty shell of a bus, he still wound up with an inexpensive, accessible way to get everyone out in the woods. “Sometimes the best hack is the one that requires the least amount of effort,” he writes.

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