Most wheelchair accidents happen from tipping or falling, with older adults at higher risk of serious injury and caregivers prone to strain. Following safety tips can help reduce risk for both groups.

You might think that if you’re 65 or older and need a wheelchair or electric scooter to get around, Medicare would automatically cover it. But, as with so many areas of Medicare, things aren’t quite ...

AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Rachel Cowan, Ph.D, Assistant Professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and program director for the UAB’s Spinal Cord Injury Model ...

Three wheelchair users filed a class-action lawsuit against Baltimore, Maryland, alleging “widespread” violations of federal accessibility requirements by the ...