Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News & World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and editing ...

An electric wheelchair is a battery-powered mobility aid that provides effortless movement without causing fatigue. Unlike ...

Electric or power wheelchairs use a battery-operated motor. You control the chair with a joystick. These chairs are useful if: There are many options. They range from portable indoor wheelchairs ...

Then I began to notice motorized wheelchairs everywhere, transporting the sick and the elderly about the city. Riding low at a top speed of 6 miles an hour, these personal vehicles would seem to ...