New Mobility Publication – Sept. 5, 2024

Merchandise

New Adaptive Gaming Controllers for Xbox

Disabled avid gamers now have extra choices for getting essentially the most out of an Xbox. Microsoft introduced the discharge of three new controllers, together with an adaptive joystick that you could mount to totally different surfaces. There are additionally customizable third-party choices and a line of 3D-printable button toppers.

Paralympics

Contained in the Paris Paralympics

Guide wheelchair person Suzanne Edwards is getting an inside take a look at the Paralympics by way of her job, and he or she says that the Paris Video games have been a once-in-a-lifetime expertise. She shares what it’s been like seeing the Athlete Village, managing accessibility in such a historic metropolis, collaborating within the torch relay and having fun with the vitality within the competitors venues.

Views

Quad Palms

In 2018, Reveca Torres wrote an NM piece titled “Quad Palms.” It was so compelling that we not too long ago requested her to revisit it. We additionally confirmed it to 4 different quads — together with a mom, a gamer, an artist and a Lego fanatic — to see what it would spark. The outcome? 5 quick essays about how quads view and work with their fingers.

Professional Suggestions

From ‘Roughing It’ to Glamping: Tenting for Wheelchair Customers

Bob Vogel’s information to adaptive tenting has you lined whether or not you’re on the lookout for an actual mattress and toilet in a fantastic location or suggestions for easy methods to sleep underneath the celebs with as little tools as attainable. “The cool factor about tenting is there’s no ‘proper’ technique to do it,” he writes. Right here’s how 4 wheelchair customers camp at numerous ranges of consolation, from fundamental “roughing it” to automobile tenting and glamping.

Reverse Whole Shoulder Substitute for Wheelchair Customers

Surgical procedures to restore blown shoulders have a reasonably poor document of success. We take a look at one of many newer, extra promising choices — Reverse Whole Shoulder Substitute — and speak to wheelchair customers who’ve had it completed. They and specialists report that whereas it’s not one thing to be taken flippantly, RTSA could be a good possibility for these with extreme harm. Additionally, Carol Spiker shares a diary of her restoration from the surgical procedure.