Products

Bowhead Releases a High-Performance Everyday Wheelchair Wheel

The adaptive mountain bike company Bowhead Corp. has released a new line of high-performance everyday wheelchair wheels. The 559s feature unique carbon fiber rims with integrated handrim mountings, serviceable hubs with stainless steel bearings, and options for color-coordinated hub covers and titanium handrim bolts.

News

Learn How to List Your Accessible Property with United Spinal Association and Airbnb’s Entrepreneurship Academy

Thanks to a new partnership between United Spinal and Airbnb, you can find out what it takes to get involved in the booming short-term rental hosting industry with your accessible property. Learn how to highlight accessibility features and explore rental strategies, including renting a room for supplemental income or renting your whole house to help pay for vacation while you’re away.

Comic

Please Remain Seated: Lego Robot

Pro Tips

How to Maintain Bowel Regularity When You Travel

With summer travel season just around the corner, wheelchair user and certified nutritionist Joanne Smith gives recommendations on how to keep your bowels regular while on vacation: Take fiber supplements, maintain some physical activity, and stay in routine, for starters. Check out all her advice — it will even help improve your program at home. 

Travel

Driving California’s Pacific Coast Highway as a Wheelchair User

Travel writer Lilly Longshore has logged a lot of road trips and says that California’s Highway 1 “packs more stunning locations per mile than any other road I’ve driven.” She takes you from the redwoods of Northern California to the postcard-perfect beaches down south, highlighting the best accessible attractions, restaurants and places to stay along the way.

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