Introduction

If you've had a wheelchair most of your life, chances are you have a go-to person or vendor to start the process of buying a new one. If you're in a rehabilitation program following a traumatic accident, even thinking about choosing a wheelchair may be difficult, but specialists will guide you through the entire process. But if you're elderly, or have an advancing condition, choosing your first wheelchair is truly a foreign animal.

Don't be tempted just to start using Uncle Ernie's old chair, because wheelchair technology has advanced greatly from the huge, heavy clunkers lent out at museums; new features of both manual and power chairs will significantly empower you to do a great many things like LIVE, LEARN, WORK , and PLAY!