What would you say to your younger self if you had the opportunity? Wheelchair User Jessica Cochran thinks about this topic and writes the following letter: Dear Younger Self, You are going to face challenges in your life that you’ve never imagined, at times it will be hard, and times your life will hang in […]

Wheelchairs, just like cars, have tires” that need to be replaced in order to maintain optimum efficiency of your wheelchair performance. Replacing the wheelchair wheels may sound like a daunting task, but in actuality, replacing wheelchair wheels is fairly simple. Below you will find a series of ‘how to’ guides for replacing various wheels from […]

The end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century have brought us many technological marvels. Of course, much of the said technology is often slow to find its way to our hands, but ultimately most of it does end up enriching our everyday lives. That’s why we can now have, among other […]

I must admit that when I started to think about wheelchair clamps, my immediate thought was “well surely a clamp is just a clamp…” but the world of securing wheelchairs with clamps, has more to it than first meets the eye. Wheelchair users need to be certain that they are safe and secure in the […]

A collapsible wheelchair, or folding wheelchairs as they are sometimes known, are very simply wheelchairs that are able to be reduced in size easily to support storage and transportation.  They can be self-propelled or attendant propelled and generally have folding backrests to reduce height and a vertical ‘X frame’ to reduce width. Who benefits? Folding […]

Lately, electronic additions to manual wheelchairs have become more and more popular. There’s loads on the market, including add-ons for the front wheels, rear wheels, and adaptations that fit inside the hubs. Now, Invacare and Alber have developed the SMOOV One – an adaption for the rear wheels of your chair that are set to […]