The Connecticut Mirror

CT wheelchair repair wait times are increasing. A bill aims to change that

In June 2023, a tire on Michelle Duprey’s power wheelchair stopped working, causing her to jolt to the side every time she would brake. After she contacted her wheelchair provider to request a repair, ...
NPR

Colorado becomes the first state to open wheelchair repair for users

People who use powered wheelchairs have complained for years that manufacturers won't let them do minor repairs themselves. A new Colorado law gives them the right to repair. Somewhere on your list of ...
WFSB

Wheelchair users says new CT repair law has no teeth; “no incentive to follow the law”

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Wheelchair users tell the I-Team, a law meant to lower wheelchair repair wait times has no teeth, giving them no way to hold companies accountable if they don’t follow the law ...
WWLP-22News

Wheelchair users say repair bill is about “restoring dignity”

BOSTON (SHNS) – Wheelchair users are calling long wait times for wheelchair repairs an enduring “crisis of equity” as lawmakers ponder whether to take up bills designed to make wheelchairs more ...