Wheelchair adapters turn a wheelchair into a power handcycle

The reason inventing should never end: Wheelchair adapters.

We stumbled upon an amazing invention over the winter holidays and shared it on our Facebook page. It’s a product that converts a wheelchair into a power handcycle, and the user can actually stay sitting in the wheelchair while converting it.

To us, it’s one of those: Of course! moments. A perfect solution to something that is well beyond needed to the 2.2 million people in the United States who use a wheelchair for day-to-day tasks, according to the National Institutes of Health.

For the 2.2 million people sitting in wheelchairs, the wheelchair adapters means so much more. And so much more than we ever could imagine.

The video on our Facebook page went mega-viral. It saw almost 40 million views in less than a week. And we received hundreds of emails requesting for more information. While the company that makes the specific product in the video has been less than excited about the viral video, and they seemed to be flooded with requests from it, there are other companies making similar products. And of course we’ve found several designers creating more wheelchair adapters.

Here’s a look at some of the wheelchair adapters we’re seeing. If you have an experience with any of them, please write in the comments below.

There are more than 2.2 million reasons why we should keep pushing the engineering, design, and creativity for making sure life with a wheelchair is better every day after today.

How cool is this for a wheel chair?

Theresa

A handy designer and writer, she shares DIY projects, tool how-to, and home makeovers as a book author, home show speaker, DIY workshop coach, and radio host. Plus, she has a degree in journalism with a minor in architecture, and is a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPs) and certified color consultant. She's created fast-paced makeovers for TV shows, and shares home trends and DIY tips as a freelance writer and guest on news shows and satellite media tours for TV and radio.

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