Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Student Voice: How my grandmother's experience using a wheelchair inspired me to invent

by Agam Bhatia, 11th grade, Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton, Mass. My experience designing my invention started in school, ...
Mother Jones

Snowstorms Are Hell for Wheelchair Users—But They Don’t Have to Be

Living in Arkansas, Bailey Hunter, a wheelchair user, is less used to dealing with the snow. Hunter has not always used a ...

Here’s what it's like navigating PEI.’s snowy sidewalks while using a wheelchair

For Jeremy MacDonald, getting from one place to the next using his wheelchair can be challenging if Charlottetown’s roads and ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wheelchair-using MSOE student writes children's book for kids like her

'Not Everyone Walks the Stage' is a children's book about a girl who uses a wheelchair. Author Sierra Andrews, an MSOE student, drew on her own experiences as a paraplegic. Andrews, who is graduating ...
Opinion

Presenter Ade Adepitan challenges people to spend a week in a wheelchair

TV presenter Ade Adepitan has challenged people to spend a week blindfolded or in a wheelchair to experience the accessibility issues faced by disabled people. The wheelchair basketball Paralympian ...