Easy Ways to Wheel

Giving Your Manual Wheelchair

the Extra Push by Kathy Wechsler

William Beall

Carla Hagler

ometimes you
just aren’t ready
for a power wheel-
chair, says Debbie Smith, an assis-
tive technology supplier at Hall’s
Mobility Center in Centralia, Wash.
If you’re having trouble propelling a
manual wheelchair but don’t want or
need to start using a power chair,
an alternative propulsion device
(APD) — or power assist — may
be the solution.

Jacqueline Burch