Despite growing up around drugs and violence and losing his ability to walk in the prime of his life, comedian, author and United Spinal member, Damon Rozier, who will be participating in our upcoming Independence Expo in Orlando, Florida, refused to give up on his dreams.

We feel that demand for accessible taxis will continue to increase as baby boomers age, desire to remain active, and live longer than any generation that preceded them. Assemblyman Kellner’s bill will create a market for and force the development of affordable, reliable, road-worthy accessible taxis so that the word “taxi” will come to mean “accessible taxi”, the same way the word “bus” means “accessible bus” in NYC today.

The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission recently announced the failure of their two-year one million dollar program. United Spinal’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, James Weisman responds with some insightful and lesser known facts about the program.

United Spinal is wild about the web and we think you are too. That’s why we have created a number of focused websites that offer our friends and members information, casual reading, and answers to their questions on a broad array of topics.

Accessibility of doctors’ offices, clinics, and other health care providers is essential in providing medical care to people with disabilities. Due to the barriers, individuals with disabilities are less likely to get routine preventative medical care than people without disabilities.