There are few people in this world who actually enjoy the experience of air travel. Flying is stressful, often rushed and filled with unexpected interruptions. For wheelchair users with very limited mobility, and their families, flying in a plane is wrought with inaccessibility. The obstacles are often small, but sometimes they can turn into nightmares. Read more…
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Kickstarter Campaign Brings Wheelchairs to the Developing World
Another Kickstarter campaign featuring new wheelchair technology is close to reaching its goal today. With only 26 days to go (at the time of writing) the team behind the SafariSeat, a wheelchair aimed at developing countries, has managed to raise over $33,000 of their approximate $37,000 goal with 26 days left on their campaign. About Read more…
World’s First Cybathlon Kicks Off
A world’s first took place in Zurich, Switzerland over this past weekend when the 2016 Cybathlon began. The unique competition was something that we stumbled upon a few weeks ago and wrote about. While everyone was focused on the 2016 Rio Paralympics (for good reason!), this event was quietly building up in the shadows And Read more…
A 3D Printed Wheelchair that Fits Your Body
The designer of the Go wheelchair, Benjamin Hubert describes the device as something that will “look cool lined up at the club.” It’s stylish, sleek, modern and best of all, can be made using a 3D printer. The result of a two-year research period, this new wheelchair design project is the result of dozens of Read more…
Your Wheelchair May Drive Itself One Day
The idea of a self-driving, completely autonomous wheelchairs may sound like things straight out of a science fiction story, but the possibility of people in the disability community using them to get around is more likely than you think. In fact, the technology is already moving through its early stages, and researchers are testing new types Read more…
The Science Behind Paralympic Wheelchair Design
Wheelchair technology has come a long way, and it seems like each week there is something new in the works for the industry. From 3D printed wheelchairs and accessories to standing wheelchairs and more, there is no limit to the new innovations that can make wheelchairs more useful, affordable and easy to use. And nothing Read more…
New Luggage Design Attaches Right to Your Wheelchair
People complain about having to haul around their luggage when travelling, but no one knows this struggle more than wheelchair users. For those who don’t have their own wheelchair accessible vehicle, or if they are travelling long distances, a plane is usually the best option. But getting around a crowded airport is enough of a Read more…
Learning to Walk Again with Virtual Reality
From “mind over matter” to “perception is reality,” there are a whole host of phrases that describe the power that the mind has over the body. This is exactly the concept that researchers are trying to use to help paraplegic patients walk again. Walking Again Using virtual reality, the Walk Again Project (WAP), a nonprofit Read more…
Innovation is the Key to Making Special Needs Products More Affordable
Just this week, an inspiring, not to mention adorable, story emerged out of a Home Depot in northern Texas. It was there that several employees used the very materials they sell in their store to create a walker for a 2-year-old boy, Silus, who suffers from Norrie Disease – a disease that has left him Read more…
Uber’s Portland Wheelchair Van Service is More Limited Than Expected
Almost two years ago, Uber introduced a new feature in its ridesharing app called UberWAV, which we applauded as a great step forward for the company. Accessibility for wheelchair users is an important step for companies like Uber to take, as wheelchair users have experienced nothing but problems in the rideshare industry since it first Read more…