Merchandise

JCPenney Has Reasonably priced, Adaptive Denims

Sure, the retailer you keep in mind out of your mid-’90s journeys to the mall remains to be round and is forward of the curve in the case of adaptive vogue. JCPenney provides a big selection of adaptive garments on its web site, and its not too long ago launched adaptive denims for women and men function hook-and-loop fasteners, adjustable waistbands and pull-on loops. Each are at the moment accessible for the inexpensive value of $23.99 a pair with the code HOMEDEAL.

Information

Neilsen Basis Publicizes Newest Wheelchair Customers to Win $1 Million

On Sept. 19, the Craig H. Neilsen Basis revealed the winners of its annual Visionary Prize, given to people who’re working to make the world a greater place for folks dwelling with spinal twine accidents. This 12 months’s winner’s embrace one in every of NM’s 2021 Folks of the 12 months, Vincent Pierce, a gun violence survivor who helps run a non-profit devoted to empowering disabled nursing dwelling residents; Carmen Daniels Jones, a incapacity advertising skilled; and Victor Calise, who spent many years working to make New York Metropolis extra accessible. Every will obtain the unrestricted $1 million prize.

Comedian

Please Stay Seated: Profession Day

How We Roll

Aaron Broverman Rolls Right into a New Chapter

For the previous 4 years, Aaron Broverman has written our How We Roll column, profiling fascinating wheelchair customers from our neighborhood. For his ultimate installment earlier than we transition to a brand new column, Broverman takes us inside his personal life as a journalist and father of a toddler. “Elevating a 3-year-old specifically is like somebody simply threw a grenade right into a crowded room — you’re simply going about your day after which immediately, chaos,” he writes. 

Professional Suggestions

Rethinking Rehab

It’s no secret that rehabilitation stays for SCI survivors are getting shorter and shorter, and plenty of wheelchair customers are thrust again into the neighborhood with out the life expertise they should thrive. We present how three transitional rehab suppliers are filling gaps in conventional rehab by combining bodily actions, each day dwelling expertise, community-building and peer mentoring.

Air Journey Suggestions for Wheelchair Customers

This month’s New Mobility cowl story took you contained in the battle for more-accessible air journey, however wheelchair customers nonetheless have to fly whereas we await much-needed reforms. To assist make your journeys go as easily as doable, listed below are ideas from United Spinal Affiliation’s new Navigating the Skies information, together with reserving suggestions, requesting lodging, getting by way of safety, boarding your flight and defending your gear.