CHEAP WHEELCHAIRS

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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 13 min read

Isn’t Any Wheelchair Better than No Wheelchair at All? - Erik Kondo

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 246 min read

"Frankensteining" Your Hospital Wheelchair (aka Pimp My Ride) – Erik Kondo

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

Jun 173 min read

Inappropriate Assistive Technology Disease (IATD) – Erik Kondo

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

Mar 265 min read

Cheap Wheelchairs Part III: Survival of the Cheapest – Erik Kondo

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

Mar 213 min read

Cheap Wheelchairs Part II: The Throwaway Wheelchair Cycle – Erik Kondo

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

Mar 163 min read

Cheap Wheelchairs, Part I: You Get What You Pay For - Erik Kondo

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

Wheelchairs Profiteering, Part II: The Wheelchair as a Widget – Erik Kondo

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

The World’s Worst Wheelchair, Part II – Erik Kondo

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

Literally the “Worst” Wheelchair in the World, Part I – Erik Kondo

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