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Mobility Aids and MS:Public Transportation and Your Wheelchair

Using a wheelchair, scooter or power chair provides enhanced mobility in and around the house. Sometimes wheelchair users want to go further — across town, across the country or around the world — and the wheelchair has to go, too. Transporting the wheeler and wheelchair is a challenge not met without accommodations. Options are public... Read moreChevron

MS Central Question of the Week

How do we get the money? We all want to hear that an MS cure has been found, and that will happen with the right research.  Research takes time but it also takes money. Funds for research are sometimes privately funded and sometimes provided from our taxes.  Congress often controls funds provided for medical research, even going so far... Read moreChevron

MS Heroes: Dr. Jean Martin Charcot

Everyone has heroes. I know I do. Some of mine are MS heroes. I plan, from time to time, to share my MS heroes with you, tell a bit about who they are and how they are important in the MS world. My first MS Hero is Dr. Jean Martin Charcot (1825 - 1893).It just seems right to start with Dr. Charcot, because he was there in the beginning. Jean... Read moreChevron

Mobility Aids and MS: Power Wheelchairs

You need a wheelchair, but much more than a manual chair. What are the options? Last week I covered scooters. Today I will talk about the power of power chairs.Do your online research, talk with your physical or occupational therapist and visit a store representative. They may all have suggestions and recommendation, but only you know what you... Read moreChevron

Mobility Aids and MS: Scooters

You need a wheelchair, but do you have the strength or desire to push and maneuver a manual chair. What are the options? There are scooters and power chairs. Today I will talk about power operated vehicles (POV), also called scooters or carts.Wheelchairs have been with us for a long time. Although there were experiments in England in 1916,... Read moreChevron

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