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Alex Elegudin and Yannick Benjamin launched Wheeling Forward in 2011, eight years after sharing a room in rehab at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital. Since then, the nonprofit has grown into an invaluable resource for the thousands of New Yorkers with SCI. It has provided over 350 wheelchairs, transitioned approximately 75 people out of nursing homes, given away college scholarships, helped people find their first post-injury jobs, hosted dozens of adaptive sporting events around the city, and organized urban outings to cultural and sporting events. In recognition of their contributions to the disability community through Wheeling Forward, we are proud to honor Elegudin and Benjamin as our 2017 NEW MOBILITY People of the Year. Follow us @ https://twitter.com/AElegudin https://www.facebook.com/Alex-Elegudin-107602821538887 https://www.pinterest.com/alexelegudin/_saved/ https://www.instagram.com/alex.elegudin/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-elegudin-a0730b216/ Reference: https://newmobility.com/2017-people-year-benjamin-elegudin/ [more]
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"Wheeling Forward" has helped give hundreds of New Yorkers that sense of renewed confidence and community. "I didn't have a wheelchair community before Alex and Yannick and Moving Forward," says participant Tara Accetta. "So by them introducing me and inviting me places, they make you feel a little bit less alone in the world, and it's incredible." [more]
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Wheeling Forward co-founder Alex Elegudin and George Gallego from Wheels of Progress lauded the country’s national coalition for disability advocacy, pointing out how important it is to speak with a unified voice to capture the attention of the government, private sector and the public, to expand the building standards around access. [more]
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The Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City announced that it was hiring Alex Elegudin, an attorney, wheelchair user, long-time disability rights advocate and New Mobility’s 2017 Person of the Year, as its first-ever accessibility chief. click this link for more info- https://youtu.be/vbNFrYxUSeg [more]
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Alex Elegudin is tasked with improving the accessibility of one of the largest public transit systems in the world — with a scope that includes subways, buses, above ground rail, bridges and tunnels as well as paratransit. Visit for more- https://newmobility.com/2018/08/nyc-transit-accessibility-chief/ [more]
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Alex Elegudin co-founded Wheeling Forward in 2011 to help others like himself get the support and resources they need to lead active lives. Visit- https://www.crunchbase.com/person/alex-elegudin [more]
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Wheeling Forward co-founder Alex Elegudin served on this year’s NYC Mayoral Election Transportation Policy Advisory Committee. In this role, Alex Elegudin contributed to the 2021 Mayoral Election Policy Primer and Voter Guide on Transportation, published by University Transportation Research Center (Transportation Technology Chair (UTRC) of The City College of New York. Click link for more info- https://cutt.ly/5mQ8Hds [more]
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Alex Elegudin accepted the position of senior advisor for system-wide accessibility at New York City Transit about a year and a half ago. Visit link for more info- https://www.aiany.org/membership/oculus-magazine/article/winter-2020/alex-elegudins-daunting-task-making-the-subway-accessible/ [more]
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Alex Elegudin has spent almost a decade working as an advocate and mentor in the disability community. In 2003, when Alex was a college sophomore, he was in a in a deer related car accident and sustained a C6 level spinal cord injury. Visit- https://wheelingforward.org/team/alex-elegudin/ [more]
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