How Grandpa Kick Started Wheelchair Basketball
Grandpa was likely a paralyzed WW2 vet who longed to get back in the excitement and action. Wheelchair basketball was a natural for him.
Category: Peek at the Past
Rolling Back On The Elevating Wheelchair Seat
It’s not always about being a new idea. It’s just as often about doing it differently.
Every Wheelchair Has A Grandfather
When it comes to manual wheelchairs, the family tree trunk is usually firmly rooted in the bicycle industry. Many of the early manufacturers of “modern” wheelchairs were or had been bicycle makers.
Two Ready To Roll Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
Finally an off the assembly line ready to roll accessible vehicle. Well, not quite finally. It’s more like again but after a long wait.
The MV-1 SE accessible vehicle is on the market.
Birth Of The Electric Wheelchair
Here’s a red letter day in the history of wheeled mobility- The birth of the modern electric wheelchair.
More accurately, the birth of the first successfully working electric wheelchair. Engineers, designers, clinicians, and consumers were all involved in the project. A process that today’s wheelchair industry should give some consideration to.
Do It Yourself Kitchens For Women In Wheelchairs
“Kitchens For Women In Wheelchairs” is a great wheelchair accessibility peek at the past.
While the title may not reflect today’s disability etiquette, the information contained in this PDF was at one time and to an extent still may be extremely useful.
Retro In Mood Blue
I’m old enough to remember the America of the sixties and the events that shaped those who came of age in those times. They were strange times but oddly enough exciting in their way.
How To Get A Bargain Wheelchair – In 1902
How did people in 1902 America get their wheelchairs? In a very similar way that today’s wheelchair users do.
Amazingly enough things have not changed that much over the past 100 years. Mass marketers enticed the buying public by hyping features and offering discounts.
A 1960 Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Ride
I have been feeling kind of retro lately, probably an aging sign, and anyway I do get a kick out of researching wheelchair history.
Wheelchair accessible taxis have been on the activists radar screen for a number of years now but what was it like for the cab riding wheelchair user of 1960?
How New Are Enhanced Manual Propulsion Systems For Wheelchairs
We tend to flatter ourselves that we are the generation that has by need and through innovation pushed the envelope out on improving mobility for wheelchair users.
Well, to a certain extent we have, but we have most often done that by the common practice of building on what came before.
Peek at the Past 1962 Tri-Wheeler Mobility Scooter
Here’s a real vintage mobility scooter that is not only a cool slice of wheelchair history but also comes with an interesting story on the creator.
By today’s standards the Tri-Wheeler scooter comes off spartan and certainly homemade in appearance. Similar to many other innovations it was conceived by a tinkerer and born on the farm.
Peek At The Past Powered Pediatric Wheelchair or Something?
Well now, this one has got me.
Is this a vintage pediatric wheelchair powered by big sister or is it a vintage tow-along stroller?
