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The World’s Most Spacious Accessible SUV If you need a roll-in vehicle with plenty of room to move around, but vans just aren’t your thing, BraunAbility may have the ride for you. The company recently launched a Chevrolet Traverse conversion it’s describing as “the most spacious wheelchair accessible SUV ever.” The Traverse comes with an extra-wide, in-floor ramp and the increased doorway height means that even users with the largest power wheelchairs should have no problems getting inside. Both front seats are removable, and there’s room for two wheelchair users in the mid-row position as well as a full third-row bench. Basically, it’s got all the size, access and configurability of a minivan, without looking like, well, a minivan. Starting vehicle and conversion MSRP is $77,345. To check out all the options and find a dealer near you, go to bit.ly/37rSbNc
A four-time winner of the Asian Rock Climbing Championship recently climbed 800 feet up the side of a Hong Kong skyscraper in his wheelchair. Though Lai Chi-Wai was stopped by strong winds 230 feet from the top, the media was all over his story, and he raised over $700,000 for exoskeleton research. Chi-Wai says he hopes the climb shows the strength of disabled people, but he mostly seems bummed that he didn’t make it to the top. See a vertigo-inducing video on his climb at bbc.com/ news/av/world-asia-55696245.
FROM THE START
LOOK TO HAVE A GOOD
OF THEIR FIRST EPI-
CHANCE OF HOLDING
SODE, JESSIE CHIN,
DOWN THE THRONE.
FRANCESCA “FRENCHY
THEIR CANDID AND
MINAJ” KELLISE AND
INSIGHTFUL OBSERVA-
LISTEN 8
Hong Kong Wheelchair User Climbs (Most of a) Skyscraper
ANTWAN TOLLIVER MAKE NO BONES ABOUT THE
TIONS ARE OFTEN FUNNY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY,
GOAL OF THEIR NEW PODCAST, FROM THE THRONE:
ENJOYABLE TO LISTEN TO AS THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY
“WE WANT TO STOP THE STIGMA THAT PEOPLE IN
PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATING THEMSELVES AND
WHEELCHAIRS FEEL SORRY FOR THEMSELVES [AND]
OTHERS ABOUT DISABILITY. CHIN MAKES A GREAT DE
PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS DON’T LIVE THEIR LIVES
FACTO MODERATOR AND TOLLIVER IS THOUGHTFUL
THE RIGHT WAY,” KELLISE SAYS IN THE EPISODE’S
AND COMPOSED, BUT IT IS MINAJ WHO STEALS THE
OPENING MINUTES.
SHOW WITH HER QUICK WIT AND BRASH DELIVERY.
IF THE FIRST THREE SHOWS ARE ANY EVIDENCE,
HERE’S TO THE REIGN! FIND IT ON FACEBOOK
THE THREE CLOSE FRIENDS FROM NEW YORK CITY
@FROMTHETHRONEPODCAST.
NEW MOBILITY
