Mobility Blog

The new Roll With Me app is super easy to use. If you’re in the Chicago area, all you have to do is insert your current location, where you want to go, and when you want to leave. The app will then tell you the best way to get there using only wheelchair accessible public transport.

A new study by the University of Copenhagen and the National Institute of Health has shown that “brain aging can be delayed in mice if they are placed on a high-fat diet.”

The scientists were studying Cockayne syndrome, but their results could affect a wide range of aging related conditions. Cockayne syndrome is a disorder that causes children to age more rapidly. Currently, most people with the condition don’t live past age twelve.

Archer Hadley cannot get in or out of his high school without someone else’s help. He uses an electric wheelchair due to cerebral palsy, and his school, Austin High, doesn’t have automatic doors.

A new study by the University of California, San Francisco (USCF) shows that drinking non-diet soda speeds up the aging process as much as smoking.

The study looked at more than 5,300 Americans between ages 20 and 65. Scientists took DNA samples of each participant to determine their biological age, and the participants were asked to record their diet.

On Friday October 10th, Wendy Davis-- Democratic candidate for Texas governor-- released an ad attacking her Republican rival, the current Texas governor Greg Abbott. The ad begins with a black and white image of a wheelchair, and informs viewers that...

Mobility technology is better than it’s ever been, and new innovations keep emerging. Here are five unique new wheelchair designs worth checking out.

This October, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging is observing Residents’ Rights Month. They will be educating seniors who live in long term care facilities about elder abuse/neglect and how to prevent it, so seniors can advocate for their rights.

The world’s population is aging. People are living longer, and they’re having fewer kids.

A recent study on Germany showed that currently the largest age group in the country is 40 - 50 year olds. But by 2060, they expect the largest age group to be 70 - 80 year olds.

This week, a group of scientists in Palo Alto, CA announced they are offering a $1,000,000 prize to the first person who can end aging.

Mankind has wanted to discover a fountain of youth for thousands of years. Many say it’s a pipe dream. But some scientists today disagree.

Biologists at the University of California in Los Angeles have identified and tested a gene that has successfully slowed down the aging process in thousands of test subjects.

These test subjects are all fruit flies, but the biologists hope and believe the same trick will work for humans.

On September 2nd at around 9:30pm, wheelchair user Michael Hanby allegedly attempted to shoplift a TV from Kmart. A Kmart employee confronted Hanby outside the store, and was surprised when Hanby pulled out a .22 revolver.

A new design for hands free crutches by college student Behzad Rashidizadeh is starting to go viral, being mentioned on sites such as Gizmodo and ABC. Of course, this isn’t the first hands free crutch. But it’s still an innovative design that, if it’s already getting attention at just the design stage, could take off and become an actual usable product someday.