Nobody Asked for a Crab Chair(newmobility.com)
29 points by speckx | 33 comments
New Mobility article by Ian Ruder critiquing a crab-like wheelchair design as an example of disability tech nobody asked for.
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The 'paperwork flood': How I drowned a bureaucrat before dinner(sightlessscribbles.com)
515 points by robin_reala | 417 comments
A blog post by blind writer Robert Kingett on Sightless Scribbles recounting how he overwhelmed a bureaucrat with paperwork.
Tips for stroke-surviving software engineers(blog.j11y.io)
427 points by padolsey | 152 comments
A blog post by James Padolsey offering tips for software engineers who have survived a hemorrhagic stroke, particularly with residual epilepsy.
A $1k Wheelchair(newmobility.com)
910 points by bo0tzz | 395 comments
New Mobility article on how the JerryRigEverything YouTubers are making affordable $1,000 wheelchairs while bypassing insurance and regulatory red tape.
More disabled Americans are employed, thanks to remote work(bloomberg.com)
367 points by petethomas | 199 comments
Bloomberg Businessweek article reporting that employment among disabled Americans has risen thanks to remote work, flexible hours, and other pandemic-era accommodations.
US citizens with permanent disabilities get free lifetime pass to National Parks(nps.gov)
371 points by bookofjoe | 250 comments
National Park Service page describing the Interagency Access Pass, a free lifetime pass to federal recreational lands for US citizens with permanent disabilities.
We’re all just temporarily abled(blog.jim-nielsen.com)
793 points by imadj | 447 comments
Jim Nielsen's blog post reflecting on a knee injury and the idea that everyone is only temporarily abled, relating it to accessibility.
I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden – One week of empathy training (2019)(shkspr.mobi)
387 points by willm | 238 comments
Terence Eden's 2019 blog post recounting a week spent pretending to use a wheelchair to experience accessibility barriers at venues and events.