Products
TiLite Releases Its First Carbon Fiber Wheelchair
Long known for its titanium wheelchairs, TiLite is making its first foray into carbon fiber with the CR1, a rigid manual chair with a 9-pound frame. TiLite says the frame’s unique shape allows users to get closer to objects for reaching or transferring. See the full announcement for pricing and more info.
No Limbits Adaptive Pants: Reviewed
Adaptive clothing company No Limbits makes jeans for women and men with durable materials and a variety of adaptive features, like a zippered front flap to help make cathing easier. NM reviewers Jenny Smith and Mike Franz, both quads, tested the jeans. While they appreciated the quality construction, they found the zippers hard to use with limited grip strength.
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The French Para Who Made a Wooden Wheelchair for the Pope
Paul de Livron is a wheelchair user from France who makes wooden wheelchairs by cutting wood into layers using preprogrammed computer software, gluing together and hand-sanding them into some of the most unique creations we’ve ever seen. His latest project was a custom chair for the most famous wheelchair user in the world: the pope. See the design and join the conversation on our Instagram page.
What to Watch
Full Circle Documentary Follows the Tracks of Two Boundary Pushing Wheelchair Users
In 2019, Trevor Kennison became the first to sit-ski Corbet’s Couloir, which is one of the most difficult runs in the U.S. and named after wheelchair user and longtime NM editor Barry Corbet. The new documentary Full Circle traces the interconnected stories of these two men and follows the “post-traumatic growth” that spinal cord injury can ignite.
People
The King of Concert Accessibility
Austin Whitney, who attended Coachella shortly after his T11-12 SCI, calls seeing live music with friends a “breakthrough moment” in his life as a wheelchair user. Now he works with the biggest festivals in America to help them improve accessibility and expand the concert experience for people with all types of disabilities.
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