Add to ORKGThis article recounts some early findings on a history of powered wheelchairs in the 20th century from an analysis of archival materials, oral accounts, and secondary sources. The primary goal of this article is not to provide the definitive history of powered wheelchairs, but rather to further our understanding of wheelchair innovation through a historical analysis. The paper sheds light on some of the richness and complexities involved in powered wheelchair innovation, highlights the nonlinearity of that process, and explores the roles of and the relationships between social and technological change. Although it is evident that powered mobility has revolutionized the life experiences of many disabled people, enabling independence, social ...
In the decades following World War II, an increasing number of Americans survived injury and illness...
Purpose: To explore power wheelchair users’, caregivers ’ and clinicians ’ perspectives regarding th...
When scholars contemplate the legal tools available to policymakers for encouraging innovation, they...
This article recounts some early findings on a history of powered wheelchairs in the 20th century fr...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disabled p...
The emergence of powered wheelchairs has revolutionised the experience of disabled people. Not only ...
The design and use of wheelchairs significantly changed during the last half of the twentieth centur...
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] For millions of disabled people around the world one of the most important sites o...
For millions of disabled people around the world the wheelchair has been one of the most important t...
Before 1948, most disabled people had to look to the private market for wheelchairs or rely on chari...
This article explores longstanding links between cycling and disability. Social models of disability...
The history of the sporting wheelchair demonstrates that wheelchair athletes and non-disabled medica...
The article applies Alfred Schutz’s phenomenologically grounded sociological perspective to explore ...
In the decades following World War II, an increasing number of Americans survived injury and illness...
Purpose: To explore power wheelchair users’, caregivers ’ and clinicians ’ perspectives regarding th...
When scholars contemplate the legal tools available to policymakers for encouraging innovation, they...
This article recounts some early findings on a history of powered wheelchairs in the 20th century fr...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disa-bled ...
The emergence of the ultralightweight wheelchair has transformed the lives of millions of disabled p...
The emergence of powered wheelchairs has revolutionised the experience of disabled people. Not only ...
The design and use of wheelchairs significantly changed during the last half of the twentieth centur...
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] For millions of disabled people around the world one of the most important sites o...
For millions of disabled people around the world the wheelchair has been one of the most important t...
Before 1948, most disabled people had to look to the private market for wheelchairs or rely on chari...
This article explores longstanding links between cycling and disability. Social models of disability...
The history of the sporting wheelchair demonstrates that wheelchair athletes and non-disabled medica...
The article applies Alfred Schutz’s phenomenologically grounded sociological perspective to explore ...
In the decades following World War II, an increasing number of Americans survived injury and illness...
Purpose: To explore power wheelchair users’, caregivers ’ and clinicians ’ perspectives regarding th...
When scholars contemplate the legal tools available to policymakers for encouraging innovation, they...