He came to Minnesota from Mexico’s narco capital. Now he’s a star in college wheelchair basketball.
Just as Southwest Minnesota State’s wheelchair basketball team began its season in November, Emmanuel Fuentes Cervantes, the reigning national collegiate player of the year, came into his coach’s ...
Chicago area teen, shot and paralyzed years ago, finds new passion with wheelchair basketball
Mekhi McGruder, who was shot and paralyzed at the age of 8, has found success and happiness on a wheelchair basketball team ...
Ralph Munro, longtime WA secretary of state and champion of disability rights, dies
He served 20 years as secretary of state, ushering in seismic changes to Washington elections. But he is defined as much by ...
A boy’s pure joy over a Target ad highlights what’s lost when companies roll back DEI
In response to Ezra’s excited reaction at ‘feeling seen’ in Target, TikTok user @blissfullybex commented that, as an adult, ...
'I'm not asking for a gold-plated carriage': Tanni Grey-Thompson on transport for disabled people
A report by the Committee found "far too great a burden" is placed on individual disabled people to hold operators and authorities to account. | ITV National News ...
The Canary17h
The state of accessible transport has been exposed – just as the DWP is hammering disabled people
The state of accessible transport has been exposed - just as the DWP is hammering disabled people from Canary on 20 March ...
Defying gravity: Broadway actor makes history as first wheelchair user cast in ‘Wicked’
Actor Jenna Bainbridge has made history as the first wheelchair user to join the cast of the hit Broadway musical “Wicked.” ...
Staffordshire County Council18h
Council funding helps charity get people out and about
Staffordshire County Council’s Local Community Fund gives all county councillors an allocation of up to £2,500 to spend on community projects in their area. This current fund has now closed and ...
Human Rights Watch20h
Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals
Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza ...
Horrific attack on homeless woman in wheelchair spurs Oregon judge to issue challenge
"I am putting that out there to be very clear to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court that this video is very much ...
Registrations open for Cerebra's 2,500km Relay Your Way
Over 33 days, from Glasgow to Windsor, the Relay Your Way baton will journey through towns and cities, bringing together ...
The Vancouver Sun21h
B.C. cities are making changes for an influx of seniors. Will they be enough?
More than 60 B.C. municipalities have been labelled “age-friendly” cities since the province started issuing the designation ...