No one likes to be left out or feel different. This isn’t just kids, it’s adults, too. And, when it comes to Halloween with everyone masked, everyone is on the same playing field. And, often times costumes that incorporate a wheelchair can be even better than costumes that don’t. Last year we posted our first-ever Read more…
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19-Year-Old With Cerebral Palsy Goes Skydiving
Can you imagine being a wheelchair user and the feeling of skydiving 14,000 feet in the air? Talk about a new level of exhilaration. Well, 19-year-old Matthew Dooley, a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy fell to the earth at 120-200 miles per hour like it was no big deal. Matthew has had cerebral palsy since Read more…
ASU Entrepreneurs Introduce an Elevating Wheelchair
(Image via upwheelchair.com) New innovations are always being introduced to make life easier for wheelchair users and people with disabilities. A team of graduated students from ASU came up with the idea to create “UP Wheelchair”, a cheap and lightweight wheelchair that elevates. The idea rose in the year of 2012, when the 4 ASU Read more…
How-to Find Accessible Pool Lifts in Your Area
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been life changing for people with disabilities since its inception in 1990. As you may already know, the main act was put into place as a way to prohibit discrimination of people with disabilities, but since its creation the ADA has expanded to include everything from employment opportunities Read more…
Customer Feature: Mark and His Green Chevy
Today, our very own sales team member, Dan Delie, is taking over the blog to share a story about one of his very first customers and how that very first interaction has lasted 38 years and turned into a friendship. One of the benefits of working at Rollx Vans is the great people we meet Read more…
An Inside Look with Former Model Wendy Crawford
(image via therawbeautyproject.com) When she was just 19 years old, Wendy Crawford was the victim of a drunk driving accident. She had her first international contract as a fashion model and was struck on her way to the airport. Since then, she has been paralyzed. As she grew into her womanhood with a disability, she Read more…
You’re Not You: a Novel Turned Movie About ALS
The ALS Association has spent a lot of time in the spotlight, as of late. This is primarily due to the Ice Bucket Challenge becoming a viral phenomenon and, in essence, sweeping it’s way across the various social media platforms. On the tail-end of that phenomenon, which wheelchair vehicles manufacturer Rollx Vans took part in, Read more…
Do You Want to Be a Gamer?
Did you know that more than 58 percent of the American population plays some sort of video games on a regular basis? Yet, most of the adaptive game controls available on the market don’t allow the flexibility, precision and control necessary to compete with non-disabled online gamers. And, many of these adaptive controllers don’t work Read more…
Barrier-Free Education in Illinois
We spend a lot of time highlighting different barrier-free vacation spots, activities and even hotels to stay at while you’re traveling with your handicap vans in Illinois. But, what about other barrier-free resources that we don’t often think about? Things such as barrier-free education. Paving the Way in Illinois Just two years ago, the University Read more…
Chicago Residents: Do You Know About KEEN?
New disability organizations are always surfacing. While it is definitely encouraging that more and more new organizations that assist people with disabilities are surfacing each and every day, sometimes it can be difficult to make yourself aware of each of the different groups in your area. And, finding one that matches exactly what you’re looking Read more…