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Manual Wheelchair

As a manual wheelchair user, you may feel you have a lot of things to consider when choosing and using your chair.

You may wonder, “What wheelchair style should I choose?” Or “How do I  maintain my wheelchair properly?”

Our manual wheelchair articles will educate you on things like:

  • Different styles of manual chair and their features
  • Accessories and additions that can make your chair easier to use
  • How to maintain your chair and its spare parts properly
  • Traveling with a manual chair

Some of the things you will learn are:

  • When choosing a children’s wheelchair, you want to consider versatility, adaptability, and personality.
  • If your trunk and balance allow, lean forward when you push, for extra power.
  • It’s important to keep spare wheelchair parts on hand, and to store them properly.
  • Wheelchair gloves can be used to prevent pain, blisters, and calluses on your hands.

 

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wheelchair cars

Wheelchair cars: how to choose your ideal adapted vehicle

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Wheelchair cars, also known as a wheelchair accessible vehicles, are those that have adaptation changes needed to fit a wheelchair. Some of them also are adapted for driving while in a wheelchair, their are known as drive from wheelchair vehicles. These are a great way to maintain your autonomy while using a wheelchair. They allow you to travel around without having […]

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wheelchair cushions

Wheelchair Cushions: the source of comfortable driving

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Read the story of our writer Raya Al-Jadir on wheelchair cushions. Raya is a freelance writer and a member of Muscular Dystrophy UK’s Trailblazers who has written for many outlets like Disability horizons or The Huffington Post. You love your wheelchair for many reasons, such as the freedom and independence it offers. However, what happens if […]

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wheelchair acessories

Wheelchair accessories helping the day go by more smoothly

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For wheelchair users, getting around can require a certain amount of planning and preparation. As well as the obvious – finding accessible routes and locations, and transporting a wheelchair where required –there are extra things to bear in mind that wheelchair accessories can help with. Is it possible to carry a hot drink? What if the weather is […]

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