Mobility Aids

Children

1.	Wheelchairs Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/things/wheelchairs.html




2.	Rolling Along! Fun on Wheels Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/resources/wcp/enpdf/en01Bike.pdf




3.	Fact Sheet on Wheelchairs for Children National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research http://www.abledata.com/abledata_docs/Children_wheelchair.htm




4.	Car Seats for Children with Special Needs †Medem, Inc. http://medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZFWCTDJ3D&sub_cat=...

Coping

1.	Making the Change After a Lifetime of Walking University of Pittsburgh http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Consumers/newuser.html

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	List of Wheelchair and Seating Words University of Pittsburgh http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Consumers/glossary.html

Financial Issues

1.	Financial Assistance for Prosthesis and Other Assi Amputee Coalition of America http://www.amputee-coalition.org/fact_sheets/assist_orgs.html

Law and Policy

1.	Medicare Announces New Initiatives on Power Wheelc Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/media/press/release.asp?counter=1023

Organizations

1.	WheelchairNet University of Pittsburgh http://www.wheelchairnet.org/

Related Issues

1.	How Do Scooters and Wheelchairs Compare? University of Pittsburgh http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Consumers/compare.html




2.	Adapting Motor Vehicles for People with Disabiliti National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/adaptive/brochure/brochure.html




3.	Accessible Vans: The Ins and Outs of Getting Out a Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mdausa.org/publications/Quest/q85vans.cfm

Specific Conditions

1.	Slide Show: How to Choose and Use a Walker Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HA00060




2.	Slide Show: How to Choose and Use a Cane Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HA00064




3.	New Wheelchair Keeps People on the Move Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/603_move.html




4.	Consumers: People Who Buy and Use Wheelchairs University of Pittsburgh http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Consumers/start.html




5.	Slide Show: How to Choose and Use Crutches Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HA00063

Statistics

1.	Wheelchair Use in the United States Disability Statistics Center http://dsc.ucsf.edu/publication.php?pub_id=1