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Updates on the App

Hey! Ho! Let’s go! We’ve got development humming along—so much so that while we originally hoped to get our newly redesigned app (with even mo’ betta’ features) out to you by March… we think it might actually be February.

You want to see what this troop of developing baboons has been up to? Cool. Same. Because while I do consider myself a baboon, I’m very much of the keys variety—and I don’t mean Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, or even Liberace (sadly). I mean the letter-typing-words kind, not the 1s-and-0s kind.

So yes, I too am waiting with bated breath.

I’m told this is a little sneaky peek and obviously will not be the final finished product so 🤫 

We’d love to hear from you! Did we miss the mark, or do you have an idea to make it better? Reach out at [email protected].

👩‍🦽 Crip News You Can Use 👨‍🦼 

Accessi-stories From Around the World

Sports finally decided to stretch before joining the accessibility game in 2025 and honestly, it’s about dang time! As per us (yes, us, how would you write it when abbreviating usual - “youge”?), we’ve been ahead of the curve for a minute now, with Jerod in full Dirty Harry mode, reviewing stadiums and arenas to clock the good, the bad, and the “who approved this?” But as we dug deeper into how sports are (and absolutely are not) accessible—shout-out to Ball Arena for having the gold standard in accessibility pages (and I’m not just saying that because I’m a huge Nuggets fan) —we stumbled onto this very satisfying roundup. From blind and low-vision basketball fans finally being able to follow games in real time through new assistive tech (call back to one of our stories I’m pretty sure, but hey, I’m in my 40s, I cannot, I repeat, cannot, be held to any kind of memory standard), to the Philadelphia Eagles designing sensory-friendly spaces, to the National Hockey League becoming the first major league to broadcast games in ASL, to the Miracle League continuing to show everyone how inclusive baseball should be—this article ties it all together nicely. Brought to you by none other than our newsletter crush, Good Good Good. Swoon.

The rest of you? Yeah. You’ve heard us say it before – you’re officially on notice. Accessibility isn’t a “nice add-on.” It’s the bare minimum. Get on board. (Accessibility is sexy AF, Hollander.)

😄 Wheel-y Good News 😁 

Good Folks Doin’ Good Thangs

(We first saw this story on Nice News and the Good News Network — two organizations we just happen to love over here at Roll. This is not a paid advertisement, we just genuinely love them.)

We may be crawling along at a snail’s pace over in development, but this guy grappled his way through the ice and snow to summit seven mountains.  Not everyone responds to trauma the same way; we acknowledge that truth. But after losing both legs above the knee when an IED exploded during his service, Hari Budha Magar, chose a path that worked for him: adventure and sport as tools for both physical and mental healing. His seven-summit journey began in 2017, not on a mountain, but in a courtroom—when Nepal barred climbers with disabilities from Everest, a ban he helped overturn (peep more on that in Policy & Prejudice below 👀). From there, Magar climbed — methodically, adaptively, with support, and most importantly on his own terms. As he puts it, his goal was to “inspire others to climb their own mountain — whatever that might be.” His message isn’t that recovery looks one way, but that possibility is still on the table: “You might need to adapt your approach, get help, or think differently—but you can do it.” Along the way, and now post summits, he’s raising funds for five charities that supported him in return: a reminder that healing, like climbing, is rarely a solo act.

You can find more information about his fundraising efforts here.

Representation Matters: Hey Barbie! We see you 💖

In a move that has us clapping our freshly manicured, hot-pink nails (wait, I don’t think my bare, wintry, brittle, hang-nailed chapped mitts got the message), Mattel just dropped the first-ever Barbie with Autism, created in collaboration with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network—and yes, it’s giving representation without the inspo-porn hangover. This Barbie joins the gloriously inclusive Fashionistas line alongside dolls with Type 1 diabetes, blindness, and Down syndrome, proving (once again) that accessibility isn’t niche, it’s normal. The doll features sensory-considered design choices (think: subtle textures, calming colors, and accessories that actually reflect lived experiences). The timing? Impeccable. As we roll out our newly redesigned app with long-awaited sensory and unseen-disability features, this feels like a cosmic pink-sparkle alignment moment. So Mattel… call us? Because inclusive design is having a moment, and frankly, we’d look fantastic collaborating. 💅🎀

Do you have a story you want to share? We want to know about it. Seriously. Send your story to [email protected]

⚖️ Policy & Prejudice 🤫 

Keeping the ol’ checks & balances in check

A look back. In a classic case of “let’s solve a complex problem with a blunt instrument,” Nepal’s tourism ministry decided in 2017 that the best way to make Everest safer was to ban blind climbers and double amputees outright, because nothing says evidence-based policy like assuming disability equals “can’t do something.” The stated goal? Fewer deaths. The result? Global side-eye, legal challenges, and a reminder that discrimination is discrimination is discrimination. Enter journalists, disability advocates, and climbers who pointed out the obvious: Nepal’s own constitution (and international disability rights law) doesn’t allow you to sideline people just because your imagination lacks range. In 2018, Nepal’s Supreme Court agreed, vacating the ban and restoring permits. Among those welcoming the ruling was Hari Budha Magar (see Wheel-y Good News section above 👀 ), who aptly called it summiting a “bureaucratic Mt. Everest.” Turns out the real obstacle wasn’t the mountain—it was prejudice. And thankfully, that can be overcome.

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Meanwhile, over on Instagram:

Thank you for the review J D, and just a scant year later — just wait to see what we have in store for 2026 to help address these very things! 😍 

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