There are so many styles and options for personal lifts, it can seem impossible to know what’s best for your unique situation. Kenny Salvini details the different categories of personal lifts — including floor, overhead and wall lifts — and explains the pros and cons of each, with pricing info and recommendations for each category. Raz Design’s new Trakz line offers two models of… Source ..read more

Trakz Tub Sliders from Raz Design are a solution for those who need a shower chair but don’t have a roll-in shower available. Trakz Tub Sliders feature a mobility base similar to a traditional rolling shower-chair; a tub base to anchor in a bathtub; and a bridge to connect the two. The mobility base and tub base can adjust heights to accommodate different toilets and bathtubs. Source ..read more

Considering that I still cry at the deaths of fictional characters, I’ve been oddly unsentimental about the end of my senior year of high school. Instead, as the weather shifts into summer, my usual sentimentality has been replaced by hope. Like many high school seniors, I spent the last year preparing for my future — which, for me, has meant wading through the college application process. Source ..read more

As most manual wheelchair users get further along in their disability journeys, shoulder deterioration becomes an inconvenient and painful reality. Our “blow out” guide shares everything you ever wanted to know about shoulder surgery and beyond. Read about newer options like reverse total shoulder replacement and orthobiologics, how to decide which treatment is right for you, and how to prevent… Source ..read more

United Spinal Association has announced that it will cease publication of New Mobility’s bimonthly print magazine and the page-turning digital edition after the November/December 2024 issue — but we want to assure you that this is not the end of New Mobility. We will continue to publish the authentic content by and for wheelchair users that has been NM’s hallmark for 35 years. Source ..read more

Adaptive Mobility Systems has introduced the Maxvan Pathway RV, an accessible recreational vehicle for the adventurous wheelchair user. The Maxvan Pathway RV is built on the Dodge Ram ProMaster 3500 van chassis and comes standard with several accessibility features for wheelchair users. The Pathway features a hybrid rear-entry ramp that is both a manual fold-down and electric. Source ..read more

The last time I skateboarded, I was 16 years old. It was preinjury and I wasn’t any good. I would mess around on the concrete behind the Harley Davidson shop where I sold expensive T-shirts to tourists and tried to do ollies until neighboring business owners tired of the racket and yelled over the fence for me to stop. My nondisabled skateboarding experience was a summer idle… Source ..read more

Carol Spiker, 76, underwent a total reverse shoulder replacement – often referred to as RTSA – on her left shoulder on March 7, 2024, and has been documenting the lengthy recovery process in a journal. A T7-8 para and single-leg amputee from Wilmington, Delaware, Spiker sustained her spinal cord injury in an automobile accident in 1998, two months after her 50th birthday. After 26 years of skiing… Source ..read more

As you get further along in your disability journey, shoulder deterioration becomes an inconvenient and painful reality for most manual wheelchair users. Our “blow out” guide shares everything you ever wanted to know about shoulder surgery and beyond. Bob Vogel chronicles his personal experience with shoulder breakdown and talks with other wheelchair users about what treatment… Source ..read more

Pop quiz: Your wheelchair broke while you are on vacation and you’re currently lying in a hotel bed, battling a UTI. Your phone rings; it’s the person you’ve been dating for the last three months. “How’s it going?” they enthusiastically ask. How do you respond? A. Lie: “Great! The trip’s been flawless and I’m having a blast.” B. Sarcasm: “Great! I’m stuck in a urine-soaked bed with no way… Source ..read more