This young man shows us how he dis­as­sem­bled his wheel­chair and painted the frame and footrest in fancy pat­terns. (I’d rec­om­mend turn­ing off the sound  —  the instruc­tions are in text, and the back­ground music is dis­tract­ing.) He found a sym­bol on the web and cut it out of plas­tic to make a sten­cil for the footrest. […]

This wheel­chair is totally imprac­ti­cal, non­sen­si­cal, flab­ber­gast­ing and fun! But if you have a poor old used-up pow­er­chair des­tined for the thrift store  —  or if you just want a few ideas to bling up your daily ride  —  this young man’s project offers major steamy inspi­ra­tion. This chair’s dec­o­ra­tion goes beyond brass fit­tings and dials. It’s an actual […]

I’ve always thought of a couple’s first wed­ding dance as a close, slow, roman­tic waltz. But of course that wouldn’t work as well if one party is in a wheel­chair (if it would work at all  —  I need to look around You Tube some more for exam­ples!) This cou­ple has really solved the dif­fi­culty, a created […]

How can you feel beau­ti­ful in a wheel­chair, whether it’s tem­po­rary or per­ma­nent? These Wik­i­How authors have some sug­ges­tions, among them “Dec­o­rate your chair”. I can get behind that one!  They sug­gest sea­sonal dec­o­rat­ing for the hol­i­days, which is a neat idea.  Maybe make pat­terns in col­ored tape, that can be peeled off for the […]

“Steam­punk” is a sci­ence fiction/fantasy sub­genre that asks, “What if the Vic­to­rian era in Eng­land never really ended?  What if the world were still pow­ered by steam, with lots of fancy brass fit­tings?  What would tough gen­tle­men and tougher ladies be doing?” One lady at the San Diego Comic Con is show­ing off her lat­est Gatling […]

I’ve just been read­ing DisabledTravelers.com Travel Blog’s August roundup.  Feel like a bit of a dope  —  I had kind of sneered at those new canine rest areas in air­ports, not real­iz­ing that of course, they’re for ser­vice dogs.  I’d thought peo­ple were tak­ing this fash­ion of car­ry­ing tiny dogs around to an extreme! They also have […]

This lush, ele­gant con­cept scooter was designed by kwize53 for the “Pimp My Every­thing” con­test at Worth1000.com . Note the vel­vet seat, the diamond-studded gold fringe, the lady­like pink cast­ers!  The bouncy gold star and the win­dow­box full of silk flow­ers give a crown­ing touch to a scooter made for a queen… It isn’t a photo, […]

Can’t find a wheel­chair cush­ion in the color or pat­tern that you want?  It’s easy to make your own  —  Kayla Sher­rod shows you how. Her instruc­tions include insert­ing your own foam fill­ing, but they could also be used to make a cover for a pur­chased cush­ion.   She shows you how to mea­sure and cut the fab­ric, and […]