Wheelchair Users

A manual wheelchair that can be adjusted in less than one minute. A wheelchair battery panel that can be accessed without disassembly. A combined wheelchair motor and gearbox that comprises 7 SKUs instead of 80. These are all improvements that Sunrise Medical, Pride Mobility Products and Invacare, respectively, have made to their wheelchair designs recently. Why? To make them easier and cheaper for providers and clinicians to service and...  

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Southwestern Indiana police are holding an Evansville motorist on drug-related charges following a crash that killed a man who was traveling along a road at night in a motorized wheelchair.  

From left to right, Armond Alarie, Dennis Riesberg, Bea Lee, Donna Duran and Peggy Petrillo were recently given scooters to help with their mobility from the Shining ... other residents of the Sun Gate Villa Senior Community in Prescott Valley received ...  

BATHURST residents have been invited to a series of information sessions highlighting the potential dangers of mobility scooters and motorised wheelchairs. The sessions have been organised in response to new figures that show accidents are becoming ...  

A DISABLED woman has been left a prisoner in her own home after thieves stole her mobility scooter. Vikki Gardner, of West Road in Filey, said her scooter was “her independence” and is unable to go anywhere without it. Miss Gardner, who had her left ...  

Jazzy Select Elite Motorized Wheelchair in great condition. I have everything for it including the registration, owners manual and battery charger. This is my grandmother's and she hardly used it and does not need it anymore.  

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) -- Invacare Corp., which makes wheelchairs, crutches and motorized scooters, posted a fourth-quarter loss Thursday on expenses related to a large write-down of its Asia business. Invacare reported a loss of $35 million ...  

Accra, Feb. 01, GNA -The Ministry of Energy in line with governments policy of integrating renewable energy into the countrys energy mix has presented solar powered scooters to Persons With Disability PWD. A statement from the Communications Office of the Ministry said the equipment was highly disabled friendly innovations which run on sola ...  

ELYRIA, Ohio - Invacare is moving the manufacturing of its Solara manual wheelchairs to an existing facility in Reynosa, Mexico, according to news reports last week. The move will allow the company to focus on the improvements that it must make at its facility in Elyria, Ohio, to comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, spokeswoman Kelly Mize told a local newspaper. Employees who were working on those wheelchairs will...  

Police investigating reckless mobility scooter drivers in BlackheathHalesowen NewsPOLICE are investigating the reckless driving of mobility scooters and electric wheelchairs in Blackheath after complaints by local residents. The issue of the speeding mobility scooters on pavements is on the Blackheath Neighbourhood Forum agenda ...  

Philadelphia's latest regulatory idea is to require the modification of all Philadelphia taxis to make them wheelchair accessible. Our taxi companies will have to retrofit existing cabs, making all 1,600 Philadelphia cabs wheelchair accessible ...  

When you use a wheelchair, scooter or power chair for mobility, chances are you have encountered some difficulty when it comes to trying to travel or to visit friends and family that live miles away. While public transportation does have options ...  

Invacare Corp., which makes wheelchairs, crutches and motorized scooters, posted a fourth-quarter loss Thursday on expenses related to a large write-down of its Asia business. Invacare reported a loss of $35 million, or $1.10 per share. In the fourth ...  

The owner of 1st Class Mobility pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Sacramento to 16 counts of wire fraud for not delivering the wheelchairs and scooters disabled clients paid to have shipped to them. Carlos B. Jerez, 35, formerly of ...