The Department of Veteran’s Affairs and the Paralyzed Veterans of America launched the 35th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG) on Sunday, setting off a chain of high-octane action that will last for the entire week. The games are held in Dallas, Texas and will last from June 21st to the 26th. Over the course Read more…
Category: Personal Stories
Little Ballerinas Prove Nothing Can Hold Them Back
Inside every small child is a performer just waiting to be released. At one time or another, we’ve all known a child who wants to take center stage (whether that means an actual stage or the middle of the living room) and put on a show for their friends and family. Some like to sing, Read more…
Building Better Homes for Injured Veterans
Mark Litynski was still a newlywed when he was deployed in Afghanistan with his fellow Marines. It was a tour that would forever change his life. In November of 2010, Mark stepped on a hidden IED (improvised explosive device), causing it to erupt beneath him. Though his life was spared, the blast took both of Read more…
Eye Controlled Wheelchairs Are on the Way
What do you get when you combine the precise control capabilities of eye-tracking technology with the ease of creating materials with 3D printing? A wheelchair that you can control with your eyes, of course. While the technology has been around for years (it’s precisely how Stephen Hawking controls his electric wheelchair and all its peripherals), Read more…
Eye Tracking Technology Lets Boy with MS Play the Piano
Imagine being able to play the piano without ever having to move your hands or press down on the keys. Thanks to evolving virtual technology, that reality is coming to life before our very eyes. Enter the newest competitor to the virtual reality game: the FOVE headset. New Abilities in the Blink of an Eye Read more…
BYU Students Create a Cheap, DIY Wheelchair Design
The financial cost of wheelchairs and their peripherals is a common concern within the wheelchair-using community, so much so that many lesser fortunate people cannot even afford a basic chair, much less something motorized. In order to maintain a budget that people can live on, wheelchair users have sacrificed much, and are often driven to Read more…
Wheelchair World Records That You Never Knew Existed
Somewhere, someone in the world is the best at something. And sometimes, it takes a bit of creative thinking to figure out what that something is. For wheelchair users, this opens up a whole set of skills that many people didn’t even know existed. From incredible feats of balance to wheelchair backflips, people with disabilities Read more…
The Robotic Exoskeleton that is Helping People Walk Again
We are slowly but surely entering an era where anything is possible. This certainly seems to be the case for Roosevelt “R.J.” Anderson, a paralyzed Army veteran from Chicago who is learning to walk again, all thanks to a new piece of machinery, not to mention a generous donation from a wealthy donor. The Read more…
Wheelchair Racer Shelly Woods Targets Gold Medal in Rio’s 2016 Paralympics
Similar to many of our Rollx Vans customers and supporters, Shelly Woods experienced a life-changing event when she was young, and she refused to let it get in the way of her aspirations of becoming a star athlete. “I quickly found that just because now I had to live life on a wheelchair I Read more…
Paraplegic Pilot Will Make a Solo Flight to the North Pole
Some people were never meant to keep their feet on the ground. David Sykes, a middle-aged man from England has lifted off to begin his second long distance flight across the globe, this time heading for the North Pole. The trip, which will be done using a microlight (a lightweight, fixed-wing aircraft that seats one), Read more…