New Mobility Newsletter – March 19, 2025

Products

Hook-it: a low-cost grip made for quads

The hook-it is a folded metal bar that wraps its forearm to extend its scope and hook, cups, drawers of drawers and a variety of other objects. «I find this little tool so convenient that I bought one for each room,» says Steve Wickwar, a quad c6. Look at your video review.

Technology

An autonomous wheelchair controlled by drones? No, thanks.

We have seen many wheelchair prototypes presented over the years, but few have been as rake as this electric chair designed by Switzerland. Is it a great advance? A drone that looms around the chair to explore a road and direct the wheelchair. The NM editor, Ian Ruder, is not buying it, and offers a solution for high -tech disabilities designers: spend some time talking with wheelchair users before designing «solutions» that nobody needs.

Opinion

The cuts proposed to Medicaid and social services are directed to our community: this is what we can do

The massive cuts of expenses proposed in a recent resolution of the federal budget threaten government security networks, including Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and food coupons, which help millions of disabled Americans to bring active lives, writes Tim Gilmer. He describes recent threats and offers a simple but effective way to defend himself: telling his story in as many forums as he can.

Media

What a television program taught me about the disability that two decades of living with one would not have

For Greg Moomjy, television comedy Speechless He had a great impact on his sense as a wheelchair user with CP. «I learned a lot about me and the challenges that people with disabilities face in the world,» he writes. «Above all, I learned that I was not alone, and that particularly when things got bad, I wasn’t crazy.»

Professional tips

Expats: Build a life abroad

There are many reasons, from culture to access to health to the cost of living, which could make you think of considering other countries as potential places to live. In 2021, we talked to users of expatriate wheelchairs about logistics, affordability and accessibility of building a life abroad. This is what they have learned.