Products
Four products that we wanted to try at the Los Angeles Skills Expo
The Expo de Skills of Los Angeles is the largest showcase of disabled products in the United States. The NM editor, Ian Ruder, carries it inside the 2025 show to take a look at four intriguing products, including a neural headset to control devices, easy shoes to turn on and off, a super customizable cushion and a new innovative manual wheelchair.
Spex Constructa Cushion offers totally customizable postural support
The Spex Seating Construction Cushion Line is a new family of foam cushions with a modular design that can be customized to meet complex postural needs. Multiple levels of adjustable foam supports can be easily moved to relieve pressure points and improve comfort, function and posture.
Travel
Air travel horror stories
When the news was given that the main aerial carriers are demanding to annul the new rules of the Department of Transport that strengthened the protections for disabled passengers, we ask you to share their own inaccessible air trip stories. Unfortunately, and as expected, his experiences Hammer Home home to how far the state of accessible air trips has deteriorated, and how much work should be done to ensure that disabled travelers can fly safely.
What to see
Change, no charity Chronicles Road to Ada
TO New documentary files of file image and interviews to tell the history of the fight of decades for access and inclusion that led to the passage of the American law with disabilities. «Civil rights are not given. You have to fight to get them, and then you have to fight to keep them,» says the disability rights activist Anita Cameron in the documentary.
Professional tips
Accessible RV life
It is that time of the year you start dreaming of the adventures you will have when the weather becomes pleasant. In 2021, Kenny Salvini spoke with wheelchair users about what types of RV are more accessible, what modifications they have made and how to carry your accessible accommodation with you can get part of the uncertainty of long trips.
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