Occupational therapist and Skills on Wheels volunteer Maria Fuchs guides 12-year-old Savannah Healton through some wheelchair skills. Savannah's parents, Matthew White and Chanda Healton, observe and ...

Around 3.7 million wheelchair users live in the United States, each pushing themselves an average of 2,000 to 3,000 times a day. Some of that is straightforward, but wheelchair navigation sometimes ...

Tony Chase, who works in the occupational therapy department at IU Indianapolis, created Skills on Wheels. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Skills on Wheels at IU Indianapolis School of Health and Human ...

Nearly 35 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed, many curb ramps and sidewalks are still not suitable for wheelchairs. An Indiana program helps children navigate these obstacles.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is supposed to make public spaces more accessible. But more than 30 years after it was passed, about two-thirds of curb ramps and half the nation's sidewalks are ...