Products

SOREL Introduces Its First-Ever Adaptive Winter Boots

We’ve got some good news for everyone still digging themselves out of this winter’s storms. Sorel has introduced a line of adaptive winter boots. Available in men’s and women’s styles and sizes, the boots feature wide-zippered access with oversized pull tabs to make getting them on and off easier.

Travel

Web Portal Makes Researching Your Next Accessible Trip Easier

Accessible Destinations, a new web portal from the team at TravelAbility, offers a curated and centralized collection of accessibility guides for over 120 destinations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, supplemented by articles and listings from disability travel bloggers and other reliable sources. You can see which locations at least try to be accessible and research everything from top attractions to hotel options.

NM Live

Adaptive Fitness Trainer Christina Chambers

On this month’s NM Live, Teal Sherer talks with Christina Chambers, who started hosting online workouts and personal training after realizing how the pandemic adversely impacted wheelchair users’ fitness routines. Chambers offers some great advice about how to get fit without expensive equipment — hint: use a backpack filled with books in place of a medicine ball — and shares her own mental and physical struggles that led her to put health first.

Comic

Meet Me on the Roof

When you tell your coworker about your recent accomplishments, and they get inspired in all the wrong ways, sometimes you just can’t take it anymore. Mat Barton and Adam Cooper’s latest Please Remain Seated comic struck a chord with our social media audience — click the link to see what all the LOL emojis are about and join the conversation on our Instagram feed.

Pro Tip

A Wheelchair User’s Guide to Preparing for College

Now is the time that many students start deciding where to attend college, but for wheelchair users there are often considerations beyond the parameters of the acceptance-letter to-do list. Here’s a guide to making sure a school has everything you need — including disability support, environmental accessibility, appropriate housing and more — so you can get the most out of your college experience.

New Mobility Subscribers and Members: More About New Print and Digital Options

Read these easy-to-follow instructions on managing your print subscription and making the most of NM’s digital platforms.

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