New Mobility Newsletter – Feb. 21, 2025

News

Section 504 is under attack

Seventeen states are demanding the United States government to repeal section 504 of the 1973 rehabilitation law. This fundamental law protects people with discrimination from discrimination by federal agencies and for schools, hospitals, medical offices and other entities that receive federal funds or accept state medical insurance. Read more about the attack on this Disability Civil Rights Law and how it can defend itself.

Air trip

United Airlines Fails Traps Rugby Rugby Team on Air Travel Hell

The members of a wheelchair rugby team were preparing to fly from a tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, when the repeated failures of United Airlines staff led to one of the worst travel stories that we have heard. Wheel chairs users were forced to address and displace a flight three times for a period of seven hours before the flight was canceled and ran out of transportation accessible to hotels. The quads who could not transfer to standard taxis had to spend the night in luggage claim. At least one person had an intestinal accident, and another reported a pressure injury after the terrible experience.

Media

Appointments, disability and body acceptance with Good bad things Star Danny Kurtzman

Transmission now on main platforms, Good bad things It offers a raw and apologies to a disability side rarely portrayed by Hollywood. We talked to the disabled star of the film, Danny Kurtzman, about whether to include his wheelchair in the photos of appointment applications, how He made him see disability as sexy.

Parking

Know Wheelchair users to solve accessible parking abuse

After 15 years of collecting data and working to improve the accessible parking system, Mack Marsh is confident that he has the solution to end accessible parking abuse, and can summarize it in a word: education. Before laughing, consider that Marsh not only leaves the ball. It is one of the few tangible people who addresses one of the most irregular and unbridled accessibility problems in the United States.

Sexuality

Ejaculation: it is still a main priority for men with sci

Mitch Tepper is a wheelchair user with decades of experience as a researcher and sexuality educator. «After all these years of spending time in forums related to the LME, answer online questions and train men with SCI, I can confirm that the topic number 1 in the minds of the male science fiction community remains ejaculation,» writes. Tepper explains why and shares the methods that men with SCI have to satisfy this fundamental sexual function.