Individual of the 12 months
opens in a brand new windowThe Airline Whisperer: How One Wheelchair Person Is Making Air Journey Extra Accessible from the Inside
Like several wheelchair person who travels steadily by airplane, John Morris is aware of how damaging airways may be to mobility gear. He’s watched airways complete his energy wheelchair 4 instances and has misplaced depend of the instances they’ve broken it. However none of that has dampened his love of flying. Learn how our 2023 Individual of the 12 months has been working from the within to combat for a extra accessible future for air journey, the place everybody can fly safely.
Accessibility Fails
opens in a brand new windowMakeshift Accessibility Mishaps That Outline the Holidays
Since turning into a wheelchair person in 2015, Hilary Muehlberger has come to view the vacation season as not solely a enjoyable time to attach with family members, but additionally a sport of probability. Will she go to the home with the haphazard ramp, or perhaps the one the place she accesses the lavatory through rolling stool? Why not each? Examine her most memorable vacation accessibility fails and share your personal by replying to this electronic mail.
Comedian
opens in a brand new windowPlease Stay Seated: Accessible Parking
New Column
opens in a brand new windowA Day within the Life: Captain Tyler Turner
Our latest column takes you into the each day lives of a few of our group’s most attention-grabbing members. First up is Tyler Turner, a T4 para and constitution boat captain, who wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to start out his workday taking purchasers fishing on his 50-foot boat off the Oregon Coast. From the customized carbon-fiber knee-ankle-foot braces he wears, to the panko-breaded dinners he cooks, see how Turner makes it by means of his day as a working father and husband.
Professional Ideas
opens in a brand new windowLow-cost Microcomputers Carry a New Dimension to DIY Adaptive Instruments
Although Kary Wright has been creating his personal adaptive instruments for many years, he by no means had the talents to construct digital devices. However the creation of low cost, DIY-friendly microcomputers has added an thrilling new realm of hacking potentialities, ensuing up to now in an automatic gardening system and a pair of voice-activated pliers.
