A right to repair bill requiring wheelchair manufacturers give customers tools to fix their chairs faces the Colorado state senate. Stakeholders speak to the House Public & Behavioral Health & Human ...
CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. In June 2023, a tire on Michelle Duprey’s power wheelchair stopped ...
Robin Bolduc isn’t the type of person who takes “no” for an answer — particularly when it comes to fixing her husband’s wheelchair. Her husband, Bruce Goguen, 69, is paralyzed from multiple sclerosis.
After he got his new powered wheelchair last year, Bruce Goguen found he needed to make some adjustments. The tweaks were small — things like fine-tuning the travel speed in the device’s various modes ...
Growing up, Pamela Daly was a dancer, but a tragic car crash changed her life forever. “I broke my back,” Pamela says. She now relies on a specialized wheelchair to get around. “I’ve been paralyzed ...
Raquella Freeman couldn't bear dealing with another broken mobility device. Her food delivery had just arrived, and she was crawling down the hallway of her apartment with menstrual pads duct-taped to ...
Maureen Amirault of Wethersfield, a customer of Numotion, spoke at a wheelchair rally on February 15, 2024. She said she waited 8 months for her seatbelt and 11 months for the cable on her joystick to ...