In June 2023, a tire on Michelle Duprey’s power wheelchair stopped working, causing her to jolt to the side every time she would brake. After she contacted her wheelchair provider to request a repair, ...

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.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Dozens of wheelchair users took over a section of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Thursday to protest lengthy wheelchair repair wait times. The Center for ...

For years, disability advocates and people who use wheelchairs and other mobility equipment have complained that Wisconsin law makes it unnecessarily hard to repair their devices. But in the past year ...

Pamela Daly was on vacation in New York City, when she paused to look up and admire the skyline. Suddenly, the whole world started tilting to the left. “I actually thought maybe we were having an ...

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 ...

A Toronto man says he's been left stranded as he waits for repairs to devices on which he depends daily, including his electric wheelchair. Joshua Dvorkin, 44, is quadriplegic and has been using a ...

Deanna Vaillancort-Thompson told USA TODAY over the summer that she was worried about flying again after her manual wheelchair was damaged in April on an American Airlines flight, and it turns out her ...

WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Gregory Washington relied on his electric wheelchair to get around the assisted living facility he lives in, until the joystick broke. Now, he struggles to support himself and to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...