who only by moving can balance

The proximate impetus to write this is that I'm trying to get back into the swing of technical, information-dense long-form writing. The motivation with respect to content, however, is that there's a whole lot of information about all this stuff and I found it utterly overwhelming when I was first seriously looking at mobility aids, especially in a cultural context that is hellbent on insisting that it's far more important that we look "normal" than that we be comfortable or capable. Form over function, as applied to people, is something that makes me particularly cross. Ergo.

The focus of this guide is manual wheelchairs for everyday active independent use by people who can stand and walk to some extent.

Contents

• Orientation

  • Price points
    
  • There are lots of correct choices
  
  

• Decisions

  • Materials
    
  • Frame
    
  • Footplates
    
  • Wheels
    
  • Seating
    
  • Additional features
  
  

• Process

  • Measurements
    
  • Acquisition
  
  

• Recommendations

  • Accessories
    
  • Aspirational
  
  

• End notes

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