Tag: Assistive Technology

06/13/2019

WheelMate Helps You Find Accessible Parking and Restrooms

It’s happened to us all. You’re out and about after meeting a friend for coffee or cocktails, and then it hits you — the sudden urge to use the restroom. For the walking population, there’s no need to panic. Popping...

04/02/2019

Yoocan Storytellers Discuss Interabled Relationships and Adaptive Sports

Wheel:Life has mentioned how incredible Yoocan is a few times now, so if you haven’t yet checked out the global collaborative community for and by people with disabilities, now is the time. Why should you join thousands of others in...

02/21/2019

SXSW: Transforming Society’s Image of Disability

What started as a small music festival of 700 attendees in 1987 has turned into one of the most prominent gatherings in the nation today. At South by Southwest each March, emerging artists sign record deals, independent filmmakers get their...

01/28/2019

Yoocan: Where People with Disabilities from All Over the World Connect

Back in 2017, Wheel:Life featured a story on Yoocan and Alto. For those of you who missed it, Yoocan is a unique, collaborative online community for people with disabilities to connect, share personal stories, and empower each other. Alto was...

10/05/2018

101 Mobility Chicago: Helping People Stay in Their Homes

Editor’s Note:  When a dear friend was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Debra Mills decided to stop working and put her nursing background to use to care for her. As time passed and her friend’s condition worsened, she was exposed...

07/02/2018

Tecla: Fostering Independence Through Access to Technology

Editor’s Note:  While studying biomedical engineering in his home country of Mexico, Mauricio Meza headed north for an internship at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation center in Toronto, Canada. There, he worked in the assistive technology division helping wheelchair users...

08/09/2013

Google Glass Helps People Gain Independence as a Futuristic Assistive Technology Device

Yesterday, Wheel:Life posted an amazing video on our Facebook page, sharing the virtual story of Alex Blaszczuk, a law student whose life changed two years ago when she was paralyzed in a car accident while on the way to a...

05/03/2013

SmartDrive: Cruise Control for Your Wheelchair

It is a super sunny afternoon here in New England. The sun is shinning, its about 65 degrees and I decided to write OUTSIDE for the first time this year! As the weather warms up, everyone becomes more and more...

04/20/2013

Go Off-Roading with FreeWheel

Patrick Dougherty suffered a severe motocross accident seven years ago and as a result is now a C6/7 incomplete quad. Did Dougherty let this slow him down? Nope! He is the owner/inventor of a radical new product called FreeWheel. FreeWheel...