Mobility Driven - Your Portal to Automobility Issues.

Disabled Placards for the autistic child
BellaOnline Tue, 30 Aug 2005 6:42 PM PDT
A disabled placard is the blue plastic card that hangs from your interior window. This allows the driver to park in handicapped parking spots. When parking on the street with meters present, as long as you are not in a red zone you can place the disabled placard on your mirror and not pay the meter. more-->

Healthy minds overcome disabilities
News 14 Charlotte Tue, 12 Jul 2005 5:29 AM
New research shows the power of thinking could be enough to control a computer device. That discovery could someday give amputees and those who are paralyzed power over their lives. more-->

Accelerometric Analysis of Wheelchair/Car Transfer Strategies for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries -- Erin E. Butler, Eric E. Sabelman, PhD, and B. Jenny Kiratli, PhD -Rehabilitation R&D Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System -- Objectives: The objective of this pilot study was to investigate car-to-wheelchair transfer motion patterns as a risk factor for long bone fractures in the spinal cord injured (SCI) population. Fracture of the insensate osteopenic limb is a serious problem, with car-to-wheelchair transfers accounting for nearly 25% of lower limb fractures in this population. more-->

Transportation Woes for a Disabled Child
© May 2005, Kris Williams -- For the first few months of life, transportation of our disabled child didn't really seem to be a big problem as we could carry him in the baby seat that had a five-point harness, just like the rest of our children had and we placed him in the safety of the middle seat of our mini-van.
more-->

Tales from the Train -- There's something to be said for becoming a "regular." You see the same commuters every day on your way to work. Bill says "hi" as he helps you run your ticket and asks about the book you're reading. The woman you've never learned the name of helps you with the elevator to the platform before she dashes out of the station to catch her bus.
more-->

New tool helps pinpoint best GM vehicles to adapt -- By Michelle Krebs
iCan News Service, contributor -- General Motors and iCan! are pleased to launch an Internet-based tool that guides people with disabilities, seniors and caregivers through a process to identify new GM vehicles best suited to their needs.
more-->

Transportation as Civil Rights for the Disabled -- Frieda Zames, who uses a motorized scooter because of a bout with polio, was fed up with trying to ride city buses.
more-->

HANDICAPS have never stood in the way of Rainer Küschall, the world's only disabled professional car race driver. Even changing gears in his custom-made car by blowing air in a tube in his mouth is little more than routine to the Swiss Paralympic athlete.
more-->