CHEAP WHEELCHAIRS

Dec 10, 20243 min read

The Plastic Wheelchair Wheel is a Cheap Flip Flop – Erik Kondo

Plastic Wheelchair Wheels are the Flip Flips of Assistive Technology. The commonly used 24"x1” (injection molded) polyurethane wheelchair...

Dec 1, 20243 min read

I spend a lot of time talking and writing about the deficiencies of hospital (Fast-Food) style wheelchairs. I am sure there are many that...

Nov 24, 20246 min read

Frankenstein sitting in a Hospital Wheelchair Almost everyone who uses a hospital wheelchair as their primary form of mobility is hugely...

Jun 17, 20243 min read

We are all familiar with the stories of the amazing things that assistive technology (AT) enables people with disabilities to do. What is...

Mar 26, 20245 min read

When we typically think of evolution, we think of “ survival of the fittest” , where evolution is the process of something getting...

Mar 21, 20243 min read

In Cheap Wheelchairs Part I , I discussed how the cheapest wheelchairs manufactured in China and sold wholesale on Alibaba.com are also...

Mar 16, 20243 min read

There are millions of manual wheelchair users in the United States. The majority are using standard manual wheelchairs. These wheelchairs...

Nov 6, 20234 min read

Let’s imagine that we own an industrial manufacturing company in China or some other industrialized country. We have excess manufacturing...

Jan 17, 20235 min read

In this writing, I will explore how the hospital wheelchair (HWC) has evolved to having the trifecta of being (1) the most difficult...

Jan 16, 20234 min read

It is a common question that people ask “What is the best manual wheelchair?”. This question cannot be answered since there is no “best”...