Judy Heumann, center wheelchair, is given an ovation at the swearing in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service in Berkeley, California Tuesday, June 29, 1993. Judge Gail Bereola, left, did the swearing in, with Berkeley Mayor Loni Hancock, standing left and sign language interpreter Joseph Quinn and Julie Weissman, right, in attendance with a large audience. Susan Ragan/AP hide caption
Daniel Romanchuk in Champaign, Illinois, before he departed for the Chicago Marathon. Courtesy Kim Romanchuk hide caption
John Morris, here in Bogotá, Colombia, has a website called Wheelchair Travel and hosts a travel podcast. Andrea Morris hide caption
Panos Triantafyllou (left), in his fencing uniform and mask, trains with Vasilis Ntounis, his fellow Paralympic athlete and close friend. Demetrios Ioannou for NPR hide caption
The house that John High rents with his son in Norman, Okla., doesn't even have a windowless room he could retreat to in a tornado, he says, and he can't afford to build a a wheelchair-accessible storm shelter. Jackie Fortier/StateImpact Oklahoma hide caption
Amtrak has rescinded its charge of $25,000 each for two wheelchair users and will charge them just the normal ticket price. Brendan McDermid/Reuters hide caption