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                   Article Index

WHERE TO START?
Picking a Wheelchair Provider

Assessing Power Wheelchairs in Everyday Environments

Avoiding the New Chair Blues: Transitioning from one wheelchair to the next

When Self-Advocacy Gets the Repair Done

Balancing Purchase Cost and Ownership Value When Self-Funding a Power wheelchair

Understanding Powerchair Packages

POWERCHAIRS
High-End Electronics: The next generation, now

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Joystick Knobs (and what not to do)

Nuances of Power Wheelchair Noise

Choosing Powerchair Chargers

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Joystick Mounts

Understanding Powerchair Inhibits

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to High-Speed Packages

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Common Sense Powerchair Troubleshooting


Keeping Your Powerchair Cool in Summer Heat

Rain and Power Wheelchairs

What's Your Need For Speed: Selecting the Right Powerchair Speed for Your Needs

Programming Power

Understanding Powerchair Pivot Points

Breaking the Code: Mythos of Powerchair Programming

Dirty Little Secrets of Black Tires

Motor Brushes

6-Wheel Selections

Travel Powerchairs

Lock It Up:  A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Powerchair Security

Offroad Powerchairs

Controller Lingo:  Understanding Your Powerchair's Brain-Box

Powerchair Wheels 101

Penny and Giles Programming Reference

Flying Batteries: Protocol for Powerchair and Scooter Air Transport

Circuit Breakers

Powerchairs and Rain


BATTERIES
Battery FAQs

Battery Rules to Live By

Recognizing Battery Issues


SEATING AND POSITIONING
A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Positioning Belts

Custom Molded Seat Cushions

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Reclining Backrests

Choices in Controlling Power Seating

Understanding the Mixing of Power Seating and Powerbases

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Foot Platforms

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Aftermarket Backrests

Power Seat Lifts

Wheelchair Standers

The Power of Positioning: The Applications of Tilt and Recline

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Super-Low Seating Systems

Sitting on Air: A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Air Cushions

Seating Solutions: A Strategy Toward Reducing Shock and Vibration

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Legrests

A Guide to Wheelchairs & Ventilators

MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS
Spinergy FlexRim

Marathon  Tires

Guide to Wheel Locks

The Manual Wheelchair Diet

Understanding Eccentric Adjustments

Soft Roll Casters

The Internal X-Frame

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Hubs

Big, Fat, Honkin' Off-Road Wheels

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Racing Wheelchairs

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Alternative Handrims

Minimalist Mania:  Differentiating among today's ultra-high-end manual chairs

K4 Factor: A Guide to Conventional Lightweight Wheelchairs

A Guide to Understanding Manual Wheelchair Weights

A Helping Hand:  Manual Wheelchair Power-Assist Technology

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Ultralight Wheelchair Ordering

Pumped Up -- A WheelchairJunkie's guide to sportschair tires

FUNDING
Assistive Technology Loans

Knowing What You're Getting in Today's Wheelchair Funding Climate

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Medicare Wheelchair Funding

Using Medicare's ABN Toward Upgrading Your Mobility

Golden Rules of Wheelchair Replacement


Show Me the Money! -- A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Wheelchair Funding

TRANSPORTATION
A WheelchairJunkie's Guide To Transit Kits

Rollx Wheelchair Vans

Giving Your Lowered-Floor Minivan a Suspension Boost

Ramp Van Nuances

Vehicle Lifts and Rehap Powerchairs

Platform Lifts

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Ramps


FEATURE ARTICLES
The TeleStik

Mark's Tattoo

Misleading Mobility: How not telling the whole story harms  one's own mobility

Turning Bicycles into Wheelchairs

Rear-Wheel Drive's not Dead

The Hidden Life of Scooters and Power Wheelchairs

Why Mobility Service Providers are Required

Microtrending Mobility Consumerism

Why do Wheelchairs Cost so Much

Powerchairs And Snow

Mobility Tech Service

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide To Beta Testing

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide To Weight Capacities

When Things Go Wrong: A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Wheelchair Repair

Back-Up Mobility: Having the right wheelchair when things go wrong

Manufacturing Mobility in Asia

The Four Factors of Mobility Trends

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Demo Products

Curbs, Curb Climbers, and the Cultural Divide

Running Flat-Free:  A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Flat-Free Tires

A WheelchairJunkie's Guide to Charitable Giving

The Mobility Advertisements of 1970

Cavaet Emptor: Avoiding Knock-Off Mobility Products


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