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Standing Golf Wheelchair

ParaGolfer wheelchair from Otto BockHot for golfers with lower extremity paralysis or amputee golfers who thought their days on the green were over.

The ParaGolfer from Otto Bock is a golf wheelchair that allows a player to stand up while playing. The ParaGolfer is designed to tackle the hills and rough terrain found on many golf courses.

Australian Youth Trials All Terrain Bush Wheelchair

Tennant Creek resident Dion Beasley is taking part in a trial run of a new all-terrain wheelchair in Central Australia. Dion, a young man with Muscular Dystrophy, has been unable to attend school regularly since he could not negotiate the terrain to and from school.

Australian Gov Funds Hands Free Wheelchair Development

It looks like there may be some big research bucks floating around Australia for wheelchair research. The Gillard Labor Government’s $376 million investment in research will reportedly help save our Tasmanian devils, teach our children to look after their eyes and produce hands-free wheelchairs that will give severely disabled Australians greater mobility control.

Rugged Trailer For Mobility Scooters And Power Wheelchairs

Image of the ScootaTrailer being towed behind a car and in use.

Here’s a neat way to transport your mobility scooter or powered wheelchair.

ScootaTrailer isn’t the first ever trailer designed for towing your ride around behind you, but it does look like the designers have given it a great deal of thought and some features worth taking a look at.

NEWS Concept Power Add On For Manual Wheelchairs

To power or not to power? The cost of a powered wheelchair? What about those folks who need a power wheelchair but only occasionally, or those who need to give those aching shoulders a break from pushing a wheelchair? Those questions have been around about as long as powered wheelchairs have been around. In more [...]

Kit For Adding A Gas Powered Engine To Your Manual Wheelchair

A commercially made kit that will adapt a gas powered engine to a manual wheelchair.

United Spinal Rebuts AARP Take On Power Wheelchairs

Some people may think that all wheelchairs are alike but even if that is true- are all wheelchair users alike”