General Wheelchairs

See also Specialty Wheelchairs or Accessories

• Wheelchair Net
  A Virtual Community for Wheelchair-Minded People - this site contains tons of information on purchasing and using a wheel chair. Created by the RERC on Wheeled Mobility at the University of Pittsburgh.

• Wheelchair Underground: Power to the Wheels!
  This site is for the user and consumer -- the absolute truth about which wheelchairs are smokin' and which ones "is broken." All product reviews, specifications, and recomendations are unbiased and based on personal use and expert testing. If you're looking for information about new chairs or how to soup-up your current chair, you'll find it all here.

Manufacturers

• 21st Century Scientific, Inc.
  This company offers power wheelchairs.
  
  
• Balder Electric Power Wheelchair
  
  
• Chunc - by Spica
  Attendant-controlled, postural-management manual wheelchairs.
  
  
• Colours Wheelchairs
  Offers standard folding wheelchair, rigid wheelchairs, the suspension wheelchair and various sport wheelchairs.
  
  
• Comfort Orthopedics
  Offers a variety of power and manual wheelchairs.
  
  
• Da Vinci Wheelchairs - United Kingdom
  
  
• Euroflex — Sweden
  This company offers work chairs and electrical wheelchairs for people with disabilities.
  
  
• Everest and Jennings
  Offers a variety of wheelchairs.
  
  
• Etac Wheelchairs
  
  
• Freedom Designs
  
  
• Invacare
  This company offers power and manual wheelchairs
  
  
• Kabal Wheelchairs
  
  
• Kifas Orthopedic Products
  
  
• Kuschall
  
  
• Life Stand
  Stand up wheelchair.
  
  
• Plainsense Wheelchairs
  Designed to grow with a child
  
  
• Pride Mobility Products
  This company offers Jazzy Power Chairs that are designed to enhance the lives of people who want a power chair that provides superb maneuverability and operating control and who prefer an elegant, colorful, non-wheelchair style over the traditional wheelchair look. The Jazzy is well suited for both indoor and outdoor use.
  
  
• Magic Mobility — Australia
  This company offers Extreme, the four wheel drive all terrain power wheelchair. It also offers the Enduro and Jewel wheelchairs.
  
  
• Melrose Kiwi Concept Wheelchairs - New Zealand
  
  
• PDG Mobility - Canada
  
  
• Permobil, Inc
  This is the US branch of the Swedish wheelchair maker Permobil AB which offers both power and manal wheelchairs.
  
  
• Otto Bock Health Care
  
  
• Quickie Wheelchairs by Sunrise Medical
  
  
• Remploy Health Care - United Kingdom
  
  
• RGK Wheelchairs — United Kingdom
  This company offers custom manual and sports wheelchairs.
  
  
• RJ Mobility - United Kingdom

• Teftec Mobility
  Heavy duty power wheelchair.
  
  
• Ti Lite Wheelchairs

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