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2020 Person of the Year

All Andrea Dalzell ever wanted was to be a hospital nurse. It took a global pandemic to provide that opportunity, but Dalzell fearlessly seized it and blazed a trail for other wheelchair users to follow. After a relentless and trying year, where the importance of public health and the essential nature of health care workers were continually reinforced, it’s hard to imagine a more ideal person to honor as the 2020 New Mobility Person of the Year.

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New Mobility Live

Don’t miss our new online video series, New Mobility Live. Every month, host Teal Sherer interviews an interesting wheelchair user from our community’s top stories. First up is our 2020 Person of the Year, Andrea Dalzell. Find out what Andrea learned about herself in 2020 that she’s carrying with her into this new year, and hear about the awkward experience she had while working as a nurse during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City — and a whole lot more.

NEWS

Inventor of the Phoenix I Smart Wheelchair Wins $1 Million Toyota Mobility Challenge

Andrew Slorance, a wheelchair user in the United Kingdom, won $1 million for a revolutionary new manual wheelchair that combines smart technologies like self-adjusting center of gravity, integrated power assist and downhill braking assist with an ultralightweight carbon fiber frame. Slorance says the prize is enough to get the chair to market within the next 18 to 24 months. What do you think of adding smart technologies to a manual wheelchair? Check out the full details at the link above, and join the conversation on our Facebook page.

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Authentic Disability Representation in the Movie ‘Run’

The thriller “Run,” which debuted on Hulu on Nov. 20, stars wheelchair user Kiera Allen as Chloe, a homeschooled teenager who finds out that her mother has been hiding a dark secret from her. The film gets high marks, both for its suspense and its authentic disability representation, steering clear of the typical disability tropes and letting Allen shine in her portrayal of a strong, nuanced character.

PRO TIP

Epididymitis: What It Is, How You Got It, and How to Get Rid of It

This “weird but nasty disease,” as Tim Gilmer puts it, is an infection in the testicles that can masquerade as a UTI but cause more serious complications like infertility, autonomic dysreflexia and abscess formation. Gilmer shares wheelchair users’ experiences with the disease and explains how to help your health care team diagnose and properly treat it before it gets bad.

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