A wheelchair with a red frame. It has an additional seat cushion, which an orange cat is sitting on. There is a DOY foot sling in place for more traditional footrests. The back is folded down, making it very short.

A wheelchair with a red frame. It has an additional seat cushion. There is a DIY foot sling in place for more traditional footrests.

This went up on Instagram yesterday but I thought maybe bluesky would also like it

Here's some mods I've done to a super cheap hospital/transfer wheelchair to make it more usable

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Smart #wheelchairs are being developed that can navigate their users through an environment. The focus remains on keeping them affordable and reliable for everyday users. spectrum.ieee.org/autonomous-s...

Justice Department Sues SeaWorld and Other Theme Parks over Wheeled Walker Ban Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida (collectively, the “Department”) filed a lawsuit against United Parks & Resorts ...

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A person in a wheelchair sits on a sandy beach with arms raised triumphantly towards the sea. They wear a sun hat. Text in a blue shape reads "International Wheelchair Day 1st March." The background is a clear sky and ocean waves.

Its #InternationalWheelchairDay! Its about celebrating the positive impact #Wheelchairs have on lives for users.

We're also appreciating the great work of those who provide them & acknowledging there are many who need a #Wheelchair but are unable to acquire one

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Drive Medical announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire Compass Health Brands - THIIS Magazine Mobility and healthcare equipment supplier Drive Medical has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Compass Health Brands, a diversified supplier of branded and private label c...

#THIIS #medicalequipment #DriveMedical #CompassHealth #Mobilityequipment #healthcareequipment #brandedmedicalproducts #privatelabelconsumermedicalproducts #acquisition #retailers #consumers #healthcareproviders #rollators #walkers #wheelchairs #retailchannels #ecommercechannels
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🦽Kolkata To Bengaluru: Flight Pal Helps Elderlies In Wheelchair About PalUpNow!

In #India🇮🇳, an octogenarian shares his challenges while flying from #Kolkata to #Bengaluru with his #elderly wife in #wheelchairs. He got assistance from his Flight Pal.

#airport #mobility #accessible #airline

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Guy standing next to a fancy looking small powerchair

At a demo for the Strutt "smart powerchair" at ILRCSF. you can set it up with fencing at your home or office, like a fancy Roomba, and it can autodetect people or obstacles to stop or navigate around them #wheelchairs #powerchairs #strutt

Jin Medical's New Chuzhou Facility Set to Enhance Production Capacity Jin Medical is nearing completion of its Chuzhou facility, aimed at boosting production of electric wheelchairs and scooters by April 2026.

Jin Medical's New Chuzhou Facility Set to Enhance Production Capacity #China #Chuzhou #Wheelchairs #Jin_Medical #Mobility_Scooters

🦽Kolkata To Bengaluru: Flight Pal Helps Elderlies In Wheelchair About PalUpNow!

In #India🇮🇳, an octogenarian shares his challenges while flying from #Kolkata to #Bengaluru with his #elderly wife in #wheelchairs. He got assistance from his Flight Pal.

#airport #mobility #accessible #airline

🦽Kolkata To Bengaluru: Flight Pal Helps Elderlies In Wheelchair About PalUpNow!

In #India🇮🇳, an octogenarian shares his challenges while flying from #Kolkata to #Bengaluru with his #elderly wife in #wheelchairs. He got assistance from his Flight Pal.

#airport #mobility #accessible #airline

Matt Pritchett (@crankycyborg) This is a great idea! I would love to see this at state & national parks. I will post Accessible Off-Road’s website & fundraising page in the first comment. Please repost & donate if you can, tha...

Hey! Please check my post on Substack about a #nonprofit org raising funds to get off-road accessible #wheelchairs for #disabled people to use in L.A. area state parks now & others in the future

It has links to a story-LA Times & the nonprofit’s website

Repost pls!

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Sign the Petition Make our paths and roads more wheelchair accessible

I've just had issues trying to navigate the local hospital in a wheelchair. Hardly anywhere is suitable for wheelchairs, and until you have to experience it yourself, you don't know how hard it is to get around.

#mobility #disability #wheelchairs #accessibility #♿️

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Disabled passengers, airport wheelchairs and the pernicious myth of “Jetway Jesus” > Let’s get one thing out of the way first. There is absolutely no way for an observer to determine whether a wheelchair user is “disabled or not”, “faking it”, or otherwise judge their needs. > > Moreover, physical disabilities are invisible. Many wheelchair users can walk for short distances but not for the often significant distances inside airports. Many disabilities are not predictable in their specific impact on mobility from day to day. And the airport experience itself is not predictable in what mobility barriers or obstacles are presented to travellers from airport to airport, airline to airline or flight to flight. > Similarly, my parents, 84 and 79 years old, are still keen to travel, and are still active retirees, but for the last few years have requested wheelchair assistance whenever they fly. Why? Well, last time they didn’t do so, on a simple nonstop trip between Birmingham and Gran Canaria, my mother’s iPhone logged 5 kilometres (3 miles) of walking, plus the need to use airstairs at the aircraft door. And that was without any delays or other irregular operations. > > Being physically able to walk a 5k should not be a prerequisite to be able to travel by air. > It’s all too common for industry executives like newly departed Frontier chief exec Barry Biffle to cite “massive, rampant abuse” of wheelchair services at industry events without providing evidence to back up their claims, or indeed being challenged. > > These prejudices and assumptions are unkind, unhelpful, and, indeed, unproductive. > Rejecting the all-too-pernicious trend of passenger shaming is important on an individual level, but if the aviation industry wants fewer passengers to need to use wheelchairs to access its experiences, it should make those experiences more accessible — and offer more types of assistance that do not comprise wheelchairs. > > Improving processing time, reducing queueing, and offering adequate seating is a must. So are accurate, predictable estimates of the distances required. So too would be the regular, dependable provision of buggy services. So would designing airports and terminals to minimise, not maximise, walking: every time I am in Heathrow Terminal 5, forced to go out of my way to do a loop of both floors of retail by the design of the passenger flow, I am reminded of the genuinely hostile design of this terminal, and it is not alone.

Light snow along an old railway cycle path

Obligatory photo of light snow on Tavistock’s old railway line cycle path, snow and ice doesn’t go well with chronic illness, wobbly legs and wheelchairs, but managed to get out briefly, West #Devon. #Wheelchairs #disability #photography

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GitHub - roll2own/m5squared: Docs and tools on the e-motion M25 wheelchair drive. Docs and tools on the e-motion M25 wheelchair drive. - roll2own/m5squared

#Alber to #Wheelchair users: Fuck You

Alber Wheelchairs Have Paywalls and Digital Locks Now

#EU #Germany #EU #Disability #DisabilityRights #Ableism #Discrimination #Wheelchairs #AlberWheelchairs #DMCA #MedicalEquipment

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New Meds, New House, New Feelings about My MS... - A quick catch-up from me about the new things happening in my MS life – new meds, new house, and new feelings and thoughts.

"I feel #jealous of others, even those in #wheelchairs who can use their arms to propel them forward, as my arms are becoming weaker. I feel #envious of others my age who can do a full day of #work ..then go out..to a yoga class": buff.ly/EQ3oMsf

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Any bike decoration can be a wheelchair decoration - even googly eyes! 👀👀👀
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#bikes #wheelchairs #Mobility #MobilityMatters #googlyeyes #wheelchair