How Do People With Disabilities Drive Their Vehicles?
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People With Disabilities Drive Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles with Driving Controls! Driving controls are devices that allow people with disabilities to drive their wheelchair accessible vehicles. Hand controls allow the driver to operate both the brake and gas pedals. These controls use levers mounted below the steering wheel and attached to the pedals. Spinner knobs allow […]
What Does the Disability Pride Flag Mean?
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Curious about the flag and its design? Here’s what we learned. In 2019, writer Ann Magill, who has cerebral palsy, created the current disability pride flag with the collaboration of the disability community. The diagonal band of 6 color stripes cuts across the barriers separating the disabled from society, representing light and creativity cutting through […]
Improved Air Travel for Wheelchair Users
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First of all, we’d like to give a huge shoutout to Paralyzed Veterans of America for their hard work in passing H.R. 3935 “Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act” in the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee! This means safe and improved access in air travel for wheelchair users! The vote was […]
Six Road Trip Tips For Wheelchair Users
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Summer has arrived! It’s time to turn off our screens, pack our bags, and hit the road for some beautiful scenery and exploration. Whether you enjoy the beach, mountains, desert scenery, or lakes, we offer 6 tips to make your wheelchair-accessible road trip more comfortable. Here are the Six Wheelchair Road Trip Tips: 1. Bring […]
ALS and MagicMobility Vans
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What is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS takes away the ability for people to walk, talk, and breathe. There is no cure for this disease yet. MagicMobility Partners with the ALS Association Carol […]
Converting a Minivan for Wheelchair Access
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Here’s how to convert a minivan for wheelchair accessibility. First though, we want to give you a heads up, the price tag for converting a minivan for wheelchair access will be between $10,000 – $50,000, plus the cost of the vehicle. photo credit @mobilityworks Modifying a minivan is not simple. It involves up to […]
How MagicMobility Is Transforming Lives
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MagicMobility Vans provides adaptive vehicles to people throughout the United States. MagicMobility Vans raises funds to provide wheelchair-accessible vans to those in need. We also assist people donating their used wheelchair vans and find someone in their area who needs one: tax-deductible for full appraised value. As Daniel Goodman, founder of MagicMobility is quoted in […]
MagicMobility Assists Those In Need of Adapted Vehicles
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Many wheelchair users dream of having a adapted vehicle of their own, but cannot afford these expensive vans. Daniel Goodman is a father of a child with special needs and started this organization to assist those in need of an adapted vehicle. It all began in 2006 as an outgrowth of our ‘donate a car’ […]