Particular person of the 12 months

opens in a brand new windowThe Airline Whisperer: How One Wheelchair Consumer Is Making Air Journey Extra Accessible from the Inside

Like all wheelchair person who travels continuously by aircraft, John Morris is aware of how damaging airways might be to mobility gear. He’s watched airways whole 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 Particular person of the 12 months has been working from the within to struggle 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 changing 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 likelihood. Will she go to the home with the haphazard ramp, or perhaps the one the place she accesses the lavatory by way of rolling stool? Why not each? Examine her most memorable vacation accessibility fails and share your personal by replying to this e-mail.

Comedian

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New Column

opens in a brand new windowA Day within the Life: Captain Tyler Turner

Our latest column takes you into the day by 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 shoppers 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 Convey 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 abilities 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.