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Steve Wright
Steve Wright posts disability advocacy and Universal Design ideas daily at his blog: Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility.

Steve Wright is an award-winning writer who has been a mainstay freelancer for New Mobility for two decades. He created and teaches a universal design course at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Based in Miami, he travels throughout the U.S. and abroad to lecture on creating a better built environment for people with disabilities. While on the road, he searches out the perfect blend of local culture and barrier-free access. Read Steve’s blog at urbantravelandaccessibility.blogspot.com

Lessons Learned From a Parent and Caregiver of an Individual Living with Spinal Cord Injury

by Steve Wright April 19, 2022

Ivette Folgueiras was put into the driver’s seat of dogged advocate and support system after her son David's nearly-fatal accident at age 10 – causing both C-3... Read more.

Close-up of a proud, elderly, 93 year old senior adult man USA WWII and Korean Conflict military war veteran and his senior adult woman home caregiver daughter. They are standing side by side sightseeing on a sunny day at a public park on the shoreline of Lake Ontario. He is wearing a common, unbranded, generic souvenir shop military veteran commemorative baseball style cap with generic wording, replica plastic insignia pins and replica campaign ribbon iron-on patches. Photo taken near Rochester, New York, in the Finger Lakes region of western NY State, USA.

United Spinal’s VetsFirst Program Assists Dedicated Caregiver in Achieving Financial Security

by Steve Wright March 25, 2022

Tina Walker contacted the VA but was hitting a brick wall. Then she learned about VetsFirst, a service of the United Spinal Association.... Read more.

Growing Stronger Together on the Frontlines of Caregiving

by Steve Wright February 22, 2022

I was fixed up on a date with a pretty girl who used a wheelchair for mobility. I had no immediate experience with disability to that degree up to that point ...... Read more.

Love After War Documentary Film – Candid and Expert Storytelling About Disability, Intimacy, Sexuality and Compassion

by Steve Wright November 30, 2021

Hope for active duty service members and veterans who have returned home with physical and/or psychological health challenges that are creating difficulties in their... Read more.

Leonard Mayberry’s Pathways to (Self) Employment

by Steve Wright October 7, 2021

Leonard Mayberry – rodeo worker, welder, steel worker, supervisor of a city crew – shares his new life story beginning at June 30 2018, about 2:30 in the afternoon.... Read more.

Eric Howk live. Photo Credit: Maclay Heriot

Eric Howk – Rocking and Rolling Into Recovery

by Steve Wright September 29, 2021

Anyone who has heard Portugal. The Man’s Grammy-winning music or seen Eric Howk’s guitar work during a seminal American Music Awards appearance knows he can... Read more.

Andy Hicks: A Passionate Advocate

by Steve Wright April 16, 2021

Thank goodness that Andy Hicks was a pretty lousy painter, but a man with a vision who demanded better for folks with spinal cord injuries from a very young age.... Read more.