Tips from people who hire and work with caregivers every day.

Searching for the right home health caregiver can feel overwhelming.

One way to make the process more manageable is crafting a strong ad that does more than describe tasks and requirements. A good ad should tell your story, set clear expectations and help applicants picture t...

Allaina Humphreys has spent more than 30 years transforming her lived experience as a quadriplegic into meaningful policy and systems change. In a recent interview with Annie Streit, United Spinal’s Grassroots Advocacy Manager, she spoke on her local and state advocacy roles, her mission-driven design studio and the belief that accessibility benefits everyone. Here is an edit...

[Top photo: Amber Rangel enjoying the energy at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park. Outdoor festivals and other public venues are required to provide wheelchair users with seating that offers a clear view of the stage.]

I bought ADA tickets for a concert at my local county fair only to show up and discover they’d put the wheelchair seats on an awkward sloped hill...

Picture this: You land at an airport, tired from travel, ready to go home. You open a rideshare app like everyone else around you. Cars appear on the screen, but none of them are accessible. Hours pass. Eventually, no one shows up at all.

That experience isn’t hypothetical. It’s reality for many wheelchair users.

United Spinal Association’s Accessible Transporta...