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Made to Move
Created by Irish sisters Ailbhe and Izzy Keane, these artfully designed wheel covers allow you express yourself in a style that’s all your own. With tons of designs to choose from, these unique accessories turn your wheelchair into a statement…
Finding a Better Way to Pay
Mark Scheler (Ph.D., OTR/l, ATP) is the lead investigator of a federally funded grant seeking to find a better way to pay for Complex Rehabilitation Technology (CRT) equipment, in addition to his work as an Associate Professor and Vice Chair…
Moving Beyond One Size Fits All
CELEBRITY MAKEUP ARTIST AND EDUCATOR CREATES THE ADAPTIVE LUXURY MAKEUP BRAND FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES They say practice makes perfect, but for celebrity makeup artist and instructor Terri Bryant, it was feeling like a beginner again that taught her the…
Behind the Music
HOW AUSTIN WHITNEY HELPS MAKE MUSIC FESTIVALS AND LIVE EVENTS ACCESSIBLE Austin Whitney is the president of Ten Fifty Entertainment, the leading provider of accessibility and guest services programs for event planners across the country. Whitney started the company in…
Crip Camp
THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS BORN AT A CAMP RUN BY HIPPIES. I’m very tired of being thankful for accessible toilets. If I have to be thankful for an accessible bathroom, when am I ever gonna be equal in the…
If You Can’t Stand up, Stand Out!
IN 2020, OUR WORLDCHANGED DRASTICALLYDUE TO A VIRUS. But my world changed in 1977when a bullet ripped throughmy chest, punctured my lungsand severed my spinal cord.I was angry and frustrated atGod and my friend for pullingthat trigger. But I wasn’t…
Down By The Bay
TWIN LAKES STATE BEACH Located just south of the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, this is the beach I grew up going to as a child. The Crow’s Nest restaurant keeps a beach wheelchair on site that can be used on…
The Heart of NSM Champions
MEET FOUR EMPLOYEES THAT EMBODY HONOR, EXCELLENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, TEAMWORK AND SERVICE. LYNN FERGUSON ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL (ATP); CHICAGO, ILLINOIS For Lynn Ferguson, caring for his clients is a calling. Ferguson is the recipient of the 2020 HEARTS award, one…