Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Finding New Rides

As some of you know Dena and I sit on the Ellene "Brit" Christiansen fund board that promotes making art more accessible for the disabled. We were contact by a student at MICA that is also in need of a new manual chair. Being that I went through this myself less then a year ago, I know how frustrating this is not having funds for a new wheel chair. I know UCP has something like a wheel chair, but I think most of them are kids sizes. Would anyone have any ideas of where to find low cost, or donated wheel chairs?

Wheelchair Foundation is a global network that gather donations and distributes wheelchair.
http://www.wheelchairfoundation.org/

Whirlwind Wheelchair International teaches how to build strong low cost wheelchairs to be used in underdeveloped countries.
http://www.whirlwindwheelchair.org/

Wheelchair Recycler - Collects, refurbish and re-issue used power wheelchairs at little or no expense to the new user.
http://wheelchairrecycler.org/

Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids provides pediatric wheelchairs for disabled children of Iraq.
http://www.wheelchairsforiraqikids.com/

Used Wheelchairs USA:
Gently Used Electric Wheelchairs
-- Sells/buys/rents used
power electric wheel chairs: motorized Pride Mobility Jazzy/Jet/Quantum
and Invacare Pronto powerchairs.

Secondhand and Used Wheelchairs and Disability Equipment Classifieds
http://www.apparelyzed.com/disability-equipment/

Easy Med Online
http://www.easymedonline.com/used-power-wheelchairs-and-mobility-scooters/

1 comment:

  1. Give eBay a try. I have found good prices on my disability needs on there.

    Take care,

    John Benjamin Tatum
    (from Facebook)

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