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Wheelchair Accessible

This is how DSNY will melt all those snow piles around NYC

  • Jan 28
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Paraplegic engineer becomes first wheelchair user to blast into space

  • Dec 20, 2025

Southwest's new restrictions on some wheelchairs | What to know

  • Sep 16, 2025

Man in wheelchair speaks out after bus driver leaves him toppled

  • Sep 6, 2024

Teen's $40K custom wheelchair left destroyed after flight, family says

  • Jul 31, 2023

MTA Hero implements various accessibility features on buses

  • May 11, 2023

Councilman who uses wheelchair forced to hoist self on debate stage

  • Feb 19, 2023

Man reaps fruits of his labor through accessible wine shop

  • Jan 6, 2023

Latest Videos

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High school teacher, students help wheelchair-bound child using a 3D printer

  • Nov 21, 2023
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Teen's $40K custom wheelchair left destroyed after flight, family says

  • Jul 31, 2023
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College student apologizes for pushing woman's wheelchair down stairs

  • Mar 16, 2023
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Man reaps fruits of his labor through accessible wine shop

  • Jan 6, 2023
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Quadriplegic outdoorsman makes hunting and fishing more accessible for everyone

  • Aug 26, 2022
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NY Mets host 2022 Wheelchair Softball Tournament and Clinic

  • May 24, 2022
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THE POWER OF SPORTS: Bay Area nonprofit brings adaptive sports to people with physical disabilities

  • Aug 10, 2021
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NYC man awarded grant for wheelchair for competitive basketball

  • Mar 28, 2021

Latest Stories

3 New Yorkers file a class-action lawsuit against the MTA over accessibility issues

The suit accuses the agency of violating the city's human rights law by not eliminating vertical and horizontal gaps of several inches.

  • Oct 26, 2022

7 On Your Side: Disabled woman stranded 9 months without working wheelchair

A disabled woman was stranded at home for nine months without a working wheelchair until 7 On Your Side stepped in to help.

  • Oct 14, 2022

NY Mets host 2022 Wheelchair Softball Tournament and Clinic at Citi Field

The New York Mets hosted three local wheelchair softball teams and some 75 schoolchildren with disabilities on Tuesday.

  • May 24, 2022

Brooklyn subway riders demand changes to combat overcrowding, accessibility issues

From the F train platform, riders have to climb up a steep staircase, drag themselves down a long, seemingly endless corridor, then push through the turnstiles and up two more flights of stairs. There are no elevators or escalators - and it's the only way in or out.

  • Sep 24, 2021

Disability rights documentary 'Crip Camp' by Oakland producers up for Oscar

"There's the anti-war movement. There was the civil rights movement. There was the women's movement and gay rights movement, and looking around, we need one for ourselves." "Crip Camp" captures how a summer camp fostered activism in which the Bay Area played a pivotal role.

  • Apr 23, 2021