Products
Not A Wheelchair Offers Affordable Wheelchair Wheels and Wooden Handrims
Not A Wheelchair sells custom manual wheelchairs starting at $999 and is now bringing its “functional and inexpensive” ethos to wheelchair components. Its offering a set of lightweight rear wheels — complete with tires, tubes and handrims — for $350 a pair, and wooden handrims for $199 a pair.
News
$40 Million Cut Threatens SCI Recovery Research
The 2025 federal funding bill passed by Congress cut the entire $40 million budget of the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program, which funded research projects that included more than 5,000 participants and helped push along major advances like epidural and transcutaneous stimulation. Researchers worry the cuts will impact their ability to fund vital functional recovery treatments.
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The Heart of New Mobility
NM publisher Jean Dobbs worked here 34 years and helped produce 350 print issues before retiring last week. Her behind-the-scenes leadership has sustained NM for decades, and we can’t thank her enough for her skill and dedication to telling authentic stories from the community. Read how a series of chance encounters led Dobbs to a career she never saw coming.
Sports and Fitness
Adaptive Boxing Rolls into the Ring
At a small gym in northern Virginia, a group of wheelchair users comes together every week to practice the sweet science of adaptive boxing. “Not a lot goes through your head because you’ve been training so long that it’s almost like your body knows what it needs to do. It feels like everything’s in slow motion — like it’s The Matrix,” says boxer Joanna Bonilla. Read how the fledgling sport is attracting new participants to its unique blend of fitness and competition.
Pro Tips
How to Make Air Travel More Accessible: A Conversation with Kelly Buckland
Wheelchair user and long-time advocate Kelly Buckland served as a disability policy advisor for the Department of Transportation and helped push through much-needed air travel accessibility reforms. We talked with him about what he learned working at the DOT, what he sees happening under the current administration, and how wheelchair users can fight for safer, more accessible air travel.
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