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Scrap It Or Keep It Health Care Reform Legislation

What are Americans thinking about health care reform legislation these days? Scrap it and start over or try to build on what has already been [...]

How A Wheelchair Can Go Wrong

How a wheelchair can go wrong. A wrong wheelchair or an inappropriate wheelchair is often not just luck of the draw. Wrong wheelchairs can be made to happen or can be forced to [...]

How Reliable Is Your Wheelchair?

How reliable is your wheelchair? A recent study may give you some [...]

New Wheelchair Support- Industry Standards or Standard For The Industry

New Wheelchair Support- Industry Standards or Standard For The Industry. The ongoing saga of a single father trying to get an appropriate wheelchair for his [...]

Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Rates Invokes ADA

Wheelchair accessible taxi rates seem to have stirred up some noise and the ADA in Eugene, [...]

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 [...]

Promoting Workplace Diversity

I think that nothing works as well for promoting a cause than honoring and spotlighting those people and organizations that are with it.

I found this one in my own backyard, Poughkeepsie, NY. OK, cut the laughter. I have heard all of the Poughkeepsie jokes, slurs, and wisecracks before. Anyway, kudos to the local folks for [...]

Illinois Immobilizes 83 Year Old Wheelchair User

The State of Illinois has put 83 year old Felice Dworkin in a fine fix. The state’s budget ailments and slow paying habits have cut her pipeline to repairs on her wheelchair and has ended her independence.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Since her power wheelchair broke in June, Dworkin has relied on nursing home employees to push [...]

For Wheelchair Users It Doesn’t End With The Community Choice Act

For wheelchair users it doesn’t end with the Community Choice Act. There’s more to living at [...]

The Tragedy of Medicare Cuts In Wheelchair Funding

Americans who depend on Medicare for their powered wheelchairs are facing a crisis of great magnitude. See how Medicare cuts have affected the lives of wheelchair users in Small Town, [...]