Lonnie Acton's lifeless body sat in a wheelchair fastened to the floor of a mangled minibus. No shoulder or lap belt protected him. Those restraints, attached to the bus, are specially made to secure ...
Blue Water Area Transit will be testing out a new wheelchair retention system in one of its buses. The $15,000 fully automatic Quantum wheelchair securement system by Q'Straint debuted Wednesday. The ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
A Better Call Behnken investigation uncovered an unlicensed wheelchair transport van operating in Pinellas County. Pinellas County EMS, which regulates and inspects these types of vehicles, has opened ...
When Michele Erwin and her son with spinal muscular atrophy flew to Disney World in 2011, she had to disassemble his electric wheelchair on the jetway so that it could be stored in the cargo hold. As ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...