For Toronto wheelchair users, “ridesharing” just became a transportation option. Uber has launched their wheelchair accessible option, uberWAV, across the city. With uberWAV, a wheelchair user is able to use the standard Uber app to request a wheelchair accessible van. To provide reliable, professional ride service to Toronto, Uber has partnered with Dignity Transportation, an Read more…
Imagine you just typed up a document on your computer. Once you finish, you typically go through and check for errors. When you spot one, you simply click on it, delete the error, and retype what it’s supposed to be. Now, imagine if scientists were able to do that with human DNA. They review a Read more…
handicap vans are a great way to get around, but not everyone has one at their disposal. Many people with disabilities still rely on public transportation to get where they need to go. The trouble with this fact is that there still remain many accessibility barriers that the city of Chicago has yet to overcome. Read more…
It’s a new year, which means that new technology will be unveiled for both the wheelchair van and wheelchair industries. But before we start talking about the latest technology of 2016, we’d like to take a step back and recognize a company that found some success late in 2015. Back in March of last year, we Read more…
wheelchair accessible vans in their fleets. And with the rise of Uber, who are not yet required to comply with laws that require cab companies to offer wheelchair accessible vehicles to their customers, it is becoming even more of a struggle for people with disabilities to get a ride in busy cities such as New Read more…
ALS has been around for quite some time. The first mentions of the condition date back as far as 1824. Since then, its prominence has grown significantly. Currently, it affects around 6400 Americans every year. Yet it remains mysterious. In fact, the exact cause of ALS isn’t known. It’s a major reason why treatment for Read more…
Rarely can we say that an innovative, new wheelchair design could actually have an affect on the wheelchair van industry. But that is precisely what Daniel Barel, the CEO of SoftWheel, an Israeli technology startup company is claiming could be the result of his company’s new wheelchair design. Fixing What Already Works While many new wheelchair Read more…
“I believe that by the end of this century, there will be no disability in the world.” – Hugh Herr Who is Hugh Herr? He’s an engineer, inventor, biophysicist, and world class rock climber who also happens to have both of his legs amputated below the knee. In place of his natural limbs are two Read more…
For Harvard University students, Kunho Kim and Brad Riew, what started as a simple trip to explore the United States (well, 20 states of it) on a summer road trip, turned into the opportunity to make a difference. As the pair began making plans for their summer break trip, they figured that finding an accessible Read more…
What could you do with $2 million? The average American could pay off their debts, buy a home, a new car or wheelchair van, and still have some money to put away in the bank. For the University of Florida, they have a singular goal: develop a treatment for Duchenne, a deadly form of muscular Read more…
