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United Spinal Association

Link to make a donation and receive the beuatiful Living From The Heart Calendar
Link to wheelchair safety gear on sale at United Spinal online store.
Wheelchair and scooter parts. Discount for site visitors. Link to inquiry form.

The Pack Rat Wheelchair Backpack

The Wheelchair Pack Rat for those who want to carry more along for the [...]

One Click Earns One Dollar For United Spinal Association

Don’t be a Scrooge! Help us raise $3,000.00 for the United Spinal Association.

This holiday season, Altimate Medical is making a donation to the United Spinal Association in lieu of a Christmas Card, but we need your help.

With each unique click, Altimate Medical will donate $1.00, until we reach our goal of $3,000.00.

On December 31st, [...]

Handicapped Parking With Murderball Attitude

Sixty seconds can be too long, especially when it comes to blocking a handicapped parking spot.

Murderball’s Mark Zupan get’s the message across with attitude in this public service message from United Spinal.

*Video: a minute is too long. murderball parking message

Have you ever discovered someone illegally parked in a handicapped zone and wished you could [...]

Self Taught Inventor Makes Homemade Powered Wheelchair That Climbs Stairs

Li Rongbiao, a 67 year old pensioner and inventor, is making headlines in China because of his handmade electric chairs. Also known as the Walking Chair, it is assembled from spare parts and consists of spare wheels that ease stairway access for wheelchairs.

Rongbiao started playing around with the idea of an affordable electric wheelchair when [...]

Off-Road Manual Wheelchair Made From Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber manual wheelchair designed to use off [...]

Wheelchair Safety and Fun Light

Something new in the way of safety and fun for the manual wheelchair user who wants to up their visibility and accessorize their chair at the same time.

The clip on light can be used to increase visibility or to create a cool underglow beneath your wheelchair.

The wUnderGlow Wheelchair Light that attaches to a your manual [...]

Eye Control Wheelchair Steals The Show

An electronic wheelchair operated only by blinking eyes stole the limelight at the Robotic and Technology (Ro-Tech) 2009 exhibition at the Diponegoro University in Semarang.

Afar Fuady of the Nov. 10 Institute of Technology team that invented the wheelchair said the equipment was designed to facilitate people with disabilities to conduct their daily activities. Powered by [...]

Student Develops Geared Wheelchair

From WGEM

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A grad student studying mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois watched wheelchair users on campus and had a thought: If gear shifting is good for motorists and bicyclists, why not for wheelchairs?

Scott Daigle figured that adding gear shifting to a wheelchair could help people get around more efficiently. So [...]

Low Lifes or A-Holes?

A nine year old girl and cancer survivor had her wheelchair stolen on Thanksgiving. What a horrible thing to happen on what should have been a great day for this little girl.

This sweet kid was visiting with neighbors to wish them a happy Thanksgiving when the wheelchair was stolen:

From KTTV Fox 11

Ashanti Barnes went to [...]

Desktop Desk Leveling The Playing Field On Disability

The Desktop Desk can benefit individuals with disabilities on many different levels. It does the small things like helping provide individuals with hyperactive and autistic tendencies the means to focus and participate, while also providing students who can’t speak or who have limited motor skills the ability to more independently participate in classes and [...]