With the current economic crisis gripping nations, it’s not uncommon for consumers to hold on to their cash and spend only on things that really matter, reserving the frivolities to betters days that they hope will happen soon. Even in the area of necessities, consumers are getting wiser. Meeting medical needs is one area where [...]
25 Jan
Posted by Mobility Now as Crutches and Sticks
Among the medical crutches prescribed to aid ambulatory-challenged persons with medical or physical infirmities, there’s none that has captured the imagination as the walking cane. They go beyond serving medical needs for assisting mobility needs of handicapped persons. You see them more than just a mere disability aid but have become a lasting fashion accessory [...]
25 Jan
Posted by Mobility Now as Mobility Scooters
Recently amended legal statutes and advances in road technologies have made it increasingly easy for the both medically and physically handicapped persons to be mobile and less constrained by their disabilities. It used to be that crutches and wheelchairs were the only mobility aid they enjoyed. Now there are more sophisticate mobility aids like motorized [...]
Countries who have adopted or recognized the rights of disabled persons to enjoy safe and uninhibited freedoms of movement have legislated the mandates to this end. In the UK, the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) has prompted nationwide municipal adherence and implementation of these laws to ensure that medically and physically handicapped persons are provided disability [...]
Legislated provisions in dealing with disabled persons under the country’s Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) have mandated local principalities. This is to allow physically or medically handicapped persons on wheelchairs the mobility freedoms afforded by ramps. This will provide easy ingress and egress to and from elevated walkways and access [...]
When someone is injured below the waist or anywhere in the body that compromise mobility, a medical prescription for crutches is often made by your doctor. These are medical mobility aids that come in different crutches types and sizes starting with the simplest of all, a walking stick or cane. These canes are the most [...]
25 Jan
Posted by Mobility Now as Other Mobility Aids
Allowing handicap wheelchair-bound persons ingress and egress in public places, buildings as well as transport systems like airlines, ships, busses and trains, even in their homes or cars require certain structures that can facilitate them in getting to their desired location. This is now a legal requirement in the land and the medical industry is [...]
Thanks to electricity, wheelchair-bound invalids can be freed of the manual exertions they have to do to move around. You now have motor-driven wheelchairs powered by electromotive force from rechargeable batteries that users can power-up from their socket walls. Electric-powered wheelchairs are documented to have been first introduced by George Klein of Canada during World [...]
For many wheelchair-bound persons, it can be a great relief to have the modern conveniences that come with an electric motor that help improve their mobility with no physical exertion. There are motorized wheelchairs that do the job using electric motors powered by rechargeable battery and electric navigational controls instead of using manual physical power. [...]
The country’s Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) has given many physical or medically handicapped or disabled persons the freedom and opportunities to be mobile where before, most are confined at home in bed, crutches or wheelchairs. Being able to get to work and do shopping over short distance has never been easier with initiatives that bring [...]