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A 72-year-old man in Illinois who stands accused of sexually abusing a wheelchair-bound child has been released pending his trial.

A little girl in Hudsonville, Michigan, was all smiles Friday after a field trip showed how much neighbors cherish her.

A middle school teacher saved a man who uses a wheelchair from a vehicle just before it was engulfed in flames in Manchester, Connecticut.

A first grader who has severe developmental issues and is unable to walk received a life-changing gift from a local Secret Santa.

Police were looking for a suspect accused of robbing a man in a wheelchair on Staten Island during an incident caught on camera.

A veteran in Madison, Wisconsin, who fought in the Gulf War received a gift Tuesday that will bring him more freedom and enjoyment.

A woman alleges Southwest Airlines workers refused to help her while she was in a wheelchair, which resulted in severe injury, according to court documents.

A Marine Corps veteran in San Diego is now able to get around easier thanks to a company’s partnership with another organization.

A Secret Santa gifted an Idaho man a $15,000 certificate for an all-terrain wheelchair as his $1 million gift-giving campaign continues.

Rachelle Friedman Chapman’s first thoughts about renewing her wedding vows came after losing her diamond engagement ring approximately nine months ago.

A man in a wheelchair fell onto subway tracks in New York City on Wednesday but several heroic citizens rescued him in the nick of time.

When little Phoenix King came into the world a few months ago, his parents Jeremy and Chelsie knew some challenges were on the horizon.
To find an answer, Chelsie, who is a teacher at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, contacted the head of its technology lab, Matt Zigler.

He presented the challenge to his students, which included Jacob Zlotnitsky and Ibenka Espinoza, who want to study astrophysics when they move on to college.

A disabled Coast Guard veteran can finally experience a taste of freedom outside of his home after two years after volunteers for a California-based nonprofit built him a wheelchair ramp.

A mother and daughter in need of a wheelchair accessible van finally got their wish thanks to generous community members in Beaumont, Texas.

A police officer took time out of his day recently to buy a special gift for a homeless man in Carrollton, Texas.

A man with spinal muscular dystrophy was surprised with a check, gift cards to a grocery store, and a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day by an Idaho Secret Santa.

A Florida college student built a wheelchair for her ten-year-old rescue dog named Chaos so he could walk again.

A New Hampshire company called “Walkin’ Pets” has donated a wheelchair to the puppy unable to walk who had gone viral for posing with a pigeon unable to fly.

A disabled U.S. Navy veteran recently received an unexpected gift after a contractor reportedly failed to asphalt his driveway correctly in December. 

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott responded to a tweet mocking him for using a wheelchair after a Twitter user suggested that God caused his disability.

A boy in Eudora, Kansas, will be the coolest kid on the block this Halloween thanks to a non-profit group that builds costumes for children in wheelchairs. 

A local Idaho fire department surprised a disabled veteran with a wheelchair ramp after neighbors noticed he had difficulty getting around.

The life of a wheel-chair bound Carnival cruise passenger was saved by two men after she fell from a dock in the Virgin Islands Monday morning. 

First Lady Melania Trump brought a 2-year-old and the robotics team that made his wheelchair on the Rose Garden stage Tuesday as an example of her Be Best initiative.

Maria Saliagas says that Delta staff members, lacking proper equipment, tied her to her wheelchair with a blanket, injuring her in the process.

An Illinois boy’s Halloween costume is turning heads after his parents fashioned a Wheel of Fortune costume out of his wheelchair.

Police found a man who is a double amputee crawling up the street in the rain Friday morning in Massachusetts after two men robbed him of his wheelchair and his money.

Two advocacy groups and two individuals with disabilities filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday alleging that BART has discriminated against people with disabilities by failing to maintain the transportation agency’s urine and feces-covered elevators.

A teenager bound to a wheelchair hoisted himself up to pay homage to the American flag while watching a homecoming parade in Florida.

A robotic device helped a man who normally needs a wheelchair stand next to his bride at the altar on Saturday, a 6 ABC report states. Steve Jabari suffered a brain aneurysm six years ago, which has affected his mobility and speech.

TMZ reports that Kylie Jenner is being investigated by Los Angeles County Animal Control over complaints that one of her dogs appears to be too thin.

Kylie Jenner lit up the Internet Tuesday, but not in the way that she is normally accustomed — the young model and reality TV star took heat from social media users and fans for posing in a wheelchair in a sexy magazine photo shoot.

A standard celebrity Halloween for rapper Nicki Minaj has turned into a public relations nightmare, after an online video appears to show her laughingly commanding a disabled person in a wheelchair to “walk.”

Advocates for the wheelchair-bound in Connecticut are angling for new handicapped signs, saying the old ones are discriminatory because they feature a sedentary figure.