A family fled carrying a 9-year-old girl for hours on their backs. Sisters with visual impairments pleaded for help as Israeli airstrikes fell. “It’s a nightmare,” one wheelchair user said.
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Gazans With Disabilities Face ‘Impossible Times’ of Chaos and War
A family fled carrying a 9-year-old girl for hours on their backs. Sisters with visual impairments pleaded for help as Israeli airstrikes fell. “It’s a nightmare,” one wheelchair user said.
Against This Mighty Paralympic Team, a Close Loss Can Feel Like a Win
Other teams give themselves an A for effort after playing the Dutch women’s wheelchair basketball team, the favorite for the gold medal at the Paris Games.
In the Paralympic Fix-It Shop, Plenty of Fractures but No Blood
Repair technicians at the Paris Games fix everything from bent wheelchair frames to broken sunglasses.
Paris Is Utopia for Paralympians Until They Leave the Athletes’ Village
The city built highly accessible accommodations for competitors in the 2024 Paralympic Games. But the rest of Paris remains difficult to navigate.
How the Rollettes Dance Team Created a Sisterhood for Women with Disabilities
How Chelsie Hill, the founder of the Rollettes dance team in Los Angeles, created a sisterhood for women and girls with disabilities.
Disabled Japanese Are Often Invisible. Will Paralympics Bring Lasting Light?
Tokyo improved its infrastructure before the Games, but activists wonder how long the focus will continue in a country with a long history of excluding people with disabilities.
Overlooked No More: Randy Snow, Paralympic Champion of Wheelchair Tennis
He won gold medals in singles and doubles at the 1992 Games in Barcelona and was the first Paralympic athlete to be inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame.
Effort to Climb Skyscraper in Wheelchair Captivates Hong Kong
Lai Chi-wai didn’t reach his goal of ascending a skyscraper by rope. It hardly made his feat any less impressive.
Disabled Do-It-Yourselfers Lead Way to Technology Gains
So long to overhyped innovations. Hello to tech that embeds accessibility into everyday devices.