Products

Pride Mobility’s Go Go Carbon Is as Lightweight and Compact as Travel Scooters Come

Pride Mobility’s new Go Go Carbon travel scooter shows how far lightweight, powered mobility devices have come in the past few years. Weighing in at 39 pounds with battery, and able to fold and fit in the trunk of a car or small SUV, this scooter can be functional for both semi-ambulatory users and manual wheelchair users who may need some powered assistance while traveling. Click for full details and pricing.

News

Jennifer French Is the Neilsen Foundation’s 2024 $1 Million Visionary Prize Winner

The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation has named Jennifer French the latest winner of its Visionary Prize, an unrestricted $1 million award given annually to community leaders who improve the lives of those with spinal cord injuries. French is a longtime advocate for SCI research and the founder and executive director of the Neurotech Network, a nonprofit that advances access to and education about neurotechnology.

Comic

Please Remain Seated: Wheelchair Excuses

People

Day in the Life: Interior Designer Maegan Blau

At an early age Maegan Blau had an eye for design, but it wasn’t until she became a wheelchair user and renovated her own home to fit her needs that she realized it could be a career. See how Blau gets through her day — from meeting with clients, to designing floor plans, ordering furniture and finishes, and doing site visits — while running her interior design firm, Blue Copper Design.

Pro Tips

Finding a Way Out of Bladder Hell

After years of relative ease with a suprapubic catheter, New Mobility Editor-in-Chief Ian Ruder began dealing with a curious new sediment blocking his catheter and causing incontinence. What followed was a frustrating two-year search for elusive answers, which shook his faith in urologists and reinforced a basic truth about managing medical problems as a wheelchair user: We are the only true experts on our bodies.

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