As part of an upcoming project, maps are being created using low-cost sensors that can analyze the features of the sidewalk and learn how wheelchair or tricycle-users drive themselves. The University College of London (UCL) along with the Indian Ins...
Read MoreTraveling with a wheelchair can be difficult. My grandmother had a little yellow, battery-operated buggy and it wasn't always easy for her to travel with it—mostly because the thing was huge, but also because of access. Sometimes she'd have to debate...
Read MoreTo start things off, I am an ambulatory wheelchair user. This is something that has been very difficult for me to come to terms with. In my younger days, I was an athlete, riding horses competitively, playing softball and soccer, and just generally a...
Read MoreAs part of the CYBATHLON international sports competition, Japan is slated to organize the CYBATHLON Wheelchair Series in May 2019. Initiated especially for people with disabilities, the event was started in 2016 in Switzerland in an effort to combine...
Read MoreThe Barrier Free Tourism Project is on a mission to make Kerala a 100% accessible friendly tourism destination by 2021. On Monday, March 4th, the state government celebrated the completion of the first stage, which involved making 70 tourism locatio...
Read MoreDenver, Colorado, has to offer than just the Broncos. Home to mountains that touch the sky and streams that seem to come from nowhere, this destination will have you more excited than a squirrel in a bird feeder. For more than 30 years, Wilderness ...
Read MoreBeing a big-time collegiate and professional athlete requires rigorous mental strength. But, after my devastating accident in 2010, my mental toughness has never been tested more. Not only was I learning to adjust to a totally different life after ...
Read MoreWhen we talk about traveling with a wheelchair, the most important thing that comes to mind is the space and weight of the wheelchair. Keeping this in mind, a Swiss company has recently partnered with Formula One, a renowned race car organization. ...
Read MoreDo you remember when people were doing the "Ice Bucket Challenge" a few years ago to raise awareness and donations for ALS? I do because I did it. I had never heard of ALS. In small-town Iowa, you really don't hear about those kinds of illnesses unless...
Read MoreEveryone has certain things, activities, features, etc., that are intrinsic to their definition of self, and when those things change, or have to change, it can be highly unsettling. The foundations of who you are as a person can completely be yanked...
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