Disability-specific recommendations about COVID-19, including how to find information you can trust.
The Photo Issue
For the first time, we’ve decided to let the photos do the storytelling. Instead of our typical mix of features, we’ve assembled a package of diverse photo essays. Fewer words, more images, but the same New Mobility.
September 2020
The ADA at 30
We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by looking back, looking forward and examining where we sit today.
July 2020
Vent Life
Ventilators have come a long way since the invention of the iron lung almost 100 years ago. We check in with people who use vents to see what their active lifestyles look like today and how COVID-19 is impacting them.
June 2020
Life in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has affected all of our lives in more ways than we are even aware of yet. To help make sense of the all-too-confusing present, we’ve assembled a snapshot of the post-COVID world we are living in.
May 2020
Social Media Influencers
A growing number of disabled influencers are shaping many of the online discussions around disability in ways never seen before. Learn why they chose this path, how they built their followings and what life is like on the other side of the screen.
April 2020
Sports Chairs Come of Age
We take a look at the current crop of specialized sports chairs, the sports they’re designed for and the players who use them.
March 2020
Sex, Wheels & Relationships
Rediscovering your sexuality after a spinal cord injury can be difficult. This year’s Sex, Wheels & Relationships issue focuses on getting your groove back after SCI and keeping it going strong.
February 2020
Person of the Year: Karen Braitmayer
Architect, businesswoman and policy-shaper, her impact earned her the American Institute of Architects 2019 Whitney M. Young Award for Social Responsibility. For these reasons and many more, we are honored to present Braitmayer as our 2019 Person of the Year.
January 2020
New Mobility Photo Contest Finalists
For this Instagram #RollUnited2020 photo contest, we asked our followers how they are handling the year of COVID.
Redefining Possible Revisited
Five years ago, Bear Gutierrez crafted an amazing series of photos of people with SCI. We revisit the portraits and catch up with his subjects.
Pro Tips to Turn Your Wheelchair Into a Mobile Photo Booth
Photographer Kirk Williams takes us behind the lens to show how he gets great images and how you can too.
Mastering Tricky Transfers
There’s perhaps no skill that can better increase your access to the great wide world than mastering the tricky transfer.
Paralympian/Occupational Therapist Kerri Morgan
With the 2020 Games postponed, Paralympian Kerri Morgan finds herself at a crossroads. But not for the reason you might expect.
Broke Ass And Crippled
If you’re crippled but not yet sufficiently broke ass enough to be invalidated, you will have to liquidate your way into invalidation.
Three Leaders Awarded $1 Million Neilsen Visionary Prize
Three SCI community leaders were awarded the $1 million Nielsen Visionary prize.
Lorenzo Milam, Unique Voice in the Disability Canon and Public Radio Pioneer: 1933-2020
Author and radio pioneer Lorenzo Milam has died at the age of 86.
CPR Advisor Course Now Available
If you don't have the function to perform CPR, this new advisor course may be for you.
Embracing ‘The Reveal’
I’ve gotten used to being looked at when I roll into a room in my wheelchair. The rise of video meetings has changed the way I enter a room.
ADA. The T-Shirt by Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man has designed a cool new T-shirt to celebrate the ADA's 30th Anniversary
Photograph Life as a Wheelchair User in 2020 and Win $500
Share a great photo that captures your 2020 experience and be part of our first-ever Photo Issue.
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The Work of Nolan Ryan Trowe
Nolan Ryan Trowe sustained an SCI in 2016 and has since built a powerful portfolio documenting the lives of people with SCI/D and other disabilities.
Pandemic ‘Success’
Finding ways to stay sane is more important than ever, and to my surprise, I’m finding solace in my nightly writing.
The Reset
Going from having our world set up the way we want it to losing almost everything within a few minutes was very humbling.
News September 2020
Making Masks Accessible. D&D Combat Wheelchair Miniatures. Rising Phoenix on Netflix. Barbie's New Look.
Wheelchair Confidential: Don’t Rub It In
Early in the quarantine, I ordered some new skincare products. A couple weeks later, one of my daytime caregivers ...
Black Lives Matter: Voices
I don't know if the injustice is due to my blackness or my disability.
