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Wheelchair Accessible

Delta responds after woman says airline broke her wheelchair

  • Feb 19
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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

Our Chicago: 35 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act

  • Jul 27, 2025

CTA begins accessibility improvements at Green Line Austin station

  • Mar 31, 2025

DNC Chicago organizers making accessibility a priority

  • Jul 26, 2024

Schaumburg firefighters build wheelchair-accessible pool deck for girl

  • Jul 12, 2024

White Sox sued over alleged ticket sale discrimination

  • Sep 14, 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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DNC Chicago organizers making accessibility a priority

  • Jul 26, 2024
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Denver councilman forced to hoist self on debate stage due to a lack of wheelchair accessibility

  • Feb 19, 2023
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Quadriplegic outdoorsman makes hunting and fishing more accessible for everyone

  • Aug 26, 2022
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Easy Halloween costumes for more inclusive celebration

  • Oct 27, 2021
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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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Unique wheelchair helps disabled go surfing

  • Jun 13, 2021
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Parents push to save paralyzed Southwest Side CPS clerk's job

  • May 25, 2021

Latest Stories

Denver councilman forced to hoist self on debate stage due to lack of wheelchair accessibility

Video shows Hinds, who is paralyzed from the middle of his chest down, shifting himself from the chair's edge to the edge of the stage floor, and then using his arms to pull his legs onto the stage.

  • Feb 19, 2023

Quick Halloween costumes, trick-or-treating tips for more inclusive celebration

Northwest Indiana mom and Real Food Blends co-founder Julie Bombacino had some simple things to keep in mind to make your celebrations more inclusive.

  • Oct 27, 2021

2nd child in wheelchair asked to leave Crown Fountain in less than a month

Earlier this month, a 10-year-old from Warrenville was also told his wheelchair wasn't allowed in the fountain. At the time, a city spokesperson said it was an isolated incident.

  • Jul 26, 2021

Boy in electric wheelchair not allowed to cool down in Crown Fountain, family says

Megan Block said she felt helpless when a security officer in Millennium Park told her that her 10-year-old son couldn't cool off in Crown Fountain because of his electric wheelchair.

  • Jul 10, 2021

Chicago parents push to save wheelchair-bound school clerk's position at Byrne Elementary

Mahoney, who is paralyzed from the waist down, says she has limited job options because not all CPS schools are wheelchair accessible.

  • May 25, 2021