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Morocco Peace Wheels Project

May 12, 2018

After more than two years of extensive e orts, Whirlwind has managed to pull together the key partners for a major wheelchair project in Morocco. The project would support a social enterprise, called Peace Wheels that includes local wheelchair manufacture and assembly of imported RoughRiders® in conjunction with efforts to improve access to wheelchairs throughout the … [Read more...] about Morocco Peace Wheels Project

Emergency Alert: Swedish Government Cutting Personal Assistance Services

March 9, 2018

Emergency Alert: Swedish Government Cutting Personal Support and Service for People with Disabilities There is an emergency alert situation emerging in Sweden. The Swedish Government  is cutting personal and support services for people with disabilities. They have launched an investigation of the LSS, (The Swedish Act concerning Support and Service for persons with certain … [Read more...] about Emergency Alert: Swedish Government Cutting Personal Assistance Services

RoughRider User Tours the Streets of Paris and London

July 25, 2013

"My wheelchair worked marvelously in London and Paris! Thank you so much!" - Jordan Ayers. This past year, on Brent Ayers family’s trip to London and Paris they were able to see and do more with the use of their RoughRider.  Brent’s daughter, Jordan, typically rides a power chair.  Knowing they would need a manual chair, the family looked for alternative chairs that would allow … [Read more...] about RoughRider User Tours the Streets of Paris and London

Ugandan Priest Rides RoughRider Back to his Duties

July 16, 2013

Father Thomas outside a classroom at Sacred Heart Seminary in Mubende, Uganda. For nearly 30 years, Whirlwind has been dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities in the developing world. We recently received an update from Father Thomas Gabula, a Catholic Priest in Uganda, and avid user of the RoughRider. In October 2009, barely three months after his … [Read more...] about Ugandan Priest Rides RoughRider Back to his Duties

WALTER Wins RESNA’s Student Design Competition

July 11, 2013

Christian Bremer and Erik Ohlson, Master’s students in Industrial Design Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg Sweden, spent four weeks last fall in Whirlwind’s workshop at San Francisco State University with our technical team. As part of their Master’s thesis, Christian and Erik developed Walter - a rigid frame wheelchair for developing countries with … [Read more...] about WALTER Wins RESNA’s Student Design Competition

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