The International Tennis Federation (ITF) marks the 50th anniversary of wheelchair tennis this year, celebrating five decades since Brad Parks founded the sport in California, USA, in 1976. To ...

Ready to dive into the thrill of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games? From 6–15 March 2026, the world’s best athletes will compete for glory in 79 medal events across six sports: Para ...

French startup WheelMove demonstrated a compact motorized wheelchair add-on at CES 2026 that not only acts as a power-assist device, but can also lift up a chair's small front wheels so it can ride ...

Jordan Calhoun is Editor in Chief at Lifehacker and author of Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture. He holds a BA in Sociology and Criminal Justice, a BS in Psychology, and an ...

For the first time ever, a wheelchair user has rocketed into space. Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency who uses a wheelchair, traveled to ...

Maintaining core strength and stability is important for wheelchair users. Routine core work may help promote trunk stability, reduce pain, and increase mobility. Your core is the cylinder of muscles ...

Manual wheelchair use can be a workout, and core strengthening exercises can help reduce injury risk and promote good posture among wheelchair users. Research suggests that roughly 3.3 million ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday that it will not enforce key provisions of a rule issued in December by former President Joe Biden's administration that ...

Older wheelchair users are more likely to be seriously injured from tipping or falling than younger people who use wheelchairs. Following safety tips protects both users and caregivers from harm and ...

Most wheelchair accidents happen from tipping or falling, with older adults at higher risk of serious injury and caregivers prone to strain. Following safety tips can help reduce risk for both groups.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It took Casey Moore, who relies on his power wheelchair, four months to get it ...