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Whirlwind Wheelchair

Whirlwind Wheelchair

A non-profit social enterprise dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities in the developing world while also promoting sustainable local economic development

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Awards

MACARTHUR FOUNDATION FELLOWS GRANT

Ralf Hotchkiss, Whirlwind Founder, was named a MacArthur Fellow for his work designing wheelchairs for manufacture and use in developing countries.

TECH AWARD LAUREATE

Whirlwind was a Tech Award Laureate of the San Jose Tech Museum. The Tech Awards honor technology benefitting humanity. To learn more about The Tech Awards, visit their site.

RESNA LEADERSHIP AWARD

RESNA Leadership Award 2010 – The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America presented Whirlwind with their prestigious Leadership Award at their annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHWEITZER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

Whirlwind was honored in August to receive the 2011 Chapman University Albert Schweitzer Award For Excellence. The award is given annually to an organization that exemplifies the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, who was a Nobel Prize-winning philosopher and medical missionary in Africa in the early 20th Century.

PROTO LABS COOL IDEA! AWARD

Proto Labs presented Whirlwind with their Cool Idea! Award in late 2011. The award gave Whirlwind access to Proto Lab’s prototyping and short-run production services. Protolabs created the plastic mudguards for the new model RoughRider.

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Recent Updates

  • 2022 Annual Newsletter
  • Candidate for mayor travels in his wheelchair in search of change in Paraguay
  • 2021 Annual Newsletter
  • One World: A Disability Inclusion Project
  • Wheelchair cleaning during COVID-19
  • 2020 Annual Newsletter

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2111 San Pablo Av. Unit 2956
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