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PRODUCTS

New Hybrid-Drive Power Wheelchair

The Q500 H from Quickie features a hybrid-drive system that aims to give power wheelchair users the best of both worlds — the outdoor performance and straight-line stability of rear-wheel drive with the indoor maneuverability of mid-wheel drive. Click the link for more on this unique design and see a video of it in action.

ADVOCACY BADASS

A Nightmare Hospital Stay Led to Change

As the pandemic raged across America in April 2020, Christine Getman found herself in the last place any person without COVID-19 wanted to be: trapped and alone on a hospital floor dedicated to treating people with the novel coronavirus. She battled with the hospital for days to obtain access to her PCA and get transferred to a safer unit, and now she is determined to make sure others don’t go through the same nightmare. Read how she helped change her state’s laws so that people with disabilities may designate at least three support persons to assist them while they are hospitalized.

PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS

Service Dogs are the Cutest Dogs

We’re proud of our compelling, informative writing at New Mobility, but we know what you really want — cute animal photos. So without delay, here are the winners of our service dog photo contest, including our overall winner, Brianna Heim, whose yellow lab, Emily, knows how to put just the right spin on her bowling balls.

PRO TIPS

Hacking an Accessible Home: Driveway, Insulation, Cabinetry

For the past year and a half, Seth McBride and family have been hard at work building their own accessible home, and at long last they’re in. Here are a few of the more important hacks McBride learned through the construction process — from operating dirt-moving equipment, insulating the home to quad standards and finding an inexpensive way to customize kitchen accessibility. Plus, if you’ve ever wondered how a C7 quad independently transfers into an excavator, we’ve got video.

Tinker, Trigger, Hunter

After a fire destroyed nearly everything Kary Wright owned, including his hunting rifles, he needed to reconfigure a new trigger setup. Wright shares how he created and modified an adaptive trigger puller using a 3D printer and a glue gun — just in time for opening day.

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