New powerchair allows young boy to live his life to the full
8-year-old George Lockley, from Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, enjoys living life to the full and this is partly thanks to his Piccolino Paravan powered…
Charity creating assistive technology for parents in wheelchairs seeks input from wheelchair users and healthcare professionals
Designability, a Bath-based charity aiming to create life-changing assistive technology, is looking for thoughts and feedback to help develop a new wheelchair baby carrier for…
Innovative wheelchair backrest cushion allows adaptive athlete to stay cool during summer
A woman has been able to keep cool in her wheelchair during the intense summertime heat in Australia due to the wheelAIR cooling backrest cushion.…
New bathlift aims to offer a raft of benefits to users and local authorities
2019 is set to see a new UK bathlift supplier, H&M Bathlifts, launch its new KANJO bathlift range for both adults and children. Like the…
Stairlift donation transforms life of woman with mobility needs
Credit: Bdaily As part of its continued partnership with Marie Curie, Acorn Stairlifts has donated a stairlift to a woman with restricted mobility to allow…
Mother of the bride able to attend her daughter’s wedding thanks to important wheelchair add-on
Lit Smith has recently attended a family wedding thanks to her FreeWheel all-terrain add-on from Gerald Simonds. Lit has a rare condition called SCA 1,…
The OT’s Perspective: When walking aids are no longer suitable
What happens when walking aids aren’t enough? Stuart Barrow shares an occupational therapist’s perspective. Stuart Barrow, Promoting Independence About a year ago, I wrote an…
New ‘try before you buy scheme’ launched for innovative backrest cushion
Cooling backrest cushion start-up wheelAIR is giving people the option to try out the wheelAIR before they buy it with its latest ‘try before you…
Client takes first delivery of new mid-wheel drive powerchair in the UK
Loyal Ottobock customer Karen Danks has become the first person in the UK to take delivery of the new Juvo mid-wheel drive powerchair. When Ottobock’s…
wheelAIR keeps wheelchair tennis champion cool during US and French Open
Gordon Reid, a professional wheelchair tennis athlete, has recently been using wheelAIR’s cooling backrest cushion to help him with his performance. The 27-year-old has reduced…