TRICK OR TREAT

How Costuming Your Wheelchair Adds to the Halloween Fun
Making costumes that work with a wheelchair takes creativity and commitment, but for those who go all in at Halloween, the experience also offers something unexpected: empowerment. “There’s something joyous about costuming you and your chair together and encouraging even more staring but on your terms,” John Mohler writes. “This is me. This is my chair. Also, my costume’s better than yours.”

PRODUCTS

MagnaReady Expands Adaptive Men's Jeans Collection
MagnaReady, the adaptive clothing brand known for replacing traditional buttons and zippers with magnetic closures, has expanded its offerings to include two new styles of men’s jeans featuring accessibility features like a magnetic fly and reinforced pull loops without sacrificing fashion.

COMIC

Please Remain Seated: Muscle Legs

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Love Your Pet, Not the Bending — Discover UpBowl
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Make Radically Better Wheelchair Cushions with the Carbon Platform
Improve microenvironmental conditions to enhance user comfort by designing wheelchair cushions with Carbon’s innovative 3d printing platform consisting of industrial hardware, advanced software, and end-use materials. By latticing wheelchair cushions, you can increase airflow to dissipate heat and reduce humidity, distribute pressure, and provide customizable support for any body shape.

PRO TIPS

The Risks and Rewards of Moving for Disability Benefits
For many people with mobility disabilities, the decision to move from one state to another isn’t just about climate, family or lifestyle. It can determine access to health care, financial stability and day-to-day independence. Here are two stories of wheelchair users who moved, what they got right and what they wished they’d considered beforehand.

DAY IN THE LIFE

Derrick Ross, Academic Counselor
Power wheelchair user Derrick Ross works full-time as a college counselor, helping young people from his community realize their academic goals. Learn how Ross manages the long days, a three-hour round-trip commute and working alongside his wife, who the college employs as his assistant.

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Discover BraunAbility's Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles
Experience quality and confidence with BraunAbility. Our Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) wheelchair accessible vehicles are thoroughly inspected by a trained BraunAbility mechanic. Each CPO unit has 48,000 miles or less, includes a new wheelchair conversion, and comes with a 7-year limited warranty. That's our Built to Trust promise. CPO units start at $49,900.

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