Wheelchairs

A wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. The device is propelled either manually (by turning the wheels by hand) or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury or disability.

In the important role that mobility plays in the lives of many of those with physical handicaps, a portable wheelchair may vastly improve a person's quality of life. Allowing them to get out and about with the need for someone else to move them around, a portable wheelchair can give them the independence they need and desire to help them live with more freedom. With the passage of the American Disability Act, nearly every government building and places of business have made wheelchair access a requirement and is offering the benefits to those unable to walk on their own.