Jul 16, 2026 | Accessibility, Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities, Featured
Tesla is developing a wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle, at least according to a Tesla lobbyist. India Herdman, a Tesla senior policy adviser, made the claim on Monday while addressing the D.C. City Council on a proposal to legalize robotaxis in the nation’s...
Dec 11, 2025 | Accessibility, Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities, Featured
Like many working to advance driver assistance systems, Doug Wellman has a variety of personal reasons in addition to professional ones on why he wants to get it right. Wellman, the man responsible for Stellantis’ system, helped construct each tier of the current...
Aug 7, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities, Featured
Autonomous technology is expanding to airports, helping passengers with limited mobility get to their gates on time and independently. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is the latest such facility to introduce autonomous wheelchairs,...
Aug 1, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities, Mobility
Researchers and students at Morgan State University have been developing the autonomous wheelchair over the past five years As the wheelchair rolled toward a TSA gate from the ticket counter, the thing that stuck out the most was what wasn’t there — someone pushing...
Jul 3, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Disabilities, Featured
For Caroline Laubach, being a Wandercraft test pilot is about more than just trying out new technology. It’s about reclaiming a sense of freedom and connection that many wheelchair users miss. Laubach, a spinal stroke survivor and full-time wheelchair user,...
Jul 3, 2025 | Disabilities, Technology
It sounds like something from a futuristic film: Technology that allows users to control their environment with mere thoughts. But for kids with disabilities in Ontario, it’s an emerging reality that’s helping them connect with the world around them...
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