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As a ridged chair user for many years I can hole heartedly say that this video explains it all perfectly and it is exactly how it really is. All the advice, explinations, and tips are spot on, so nice to see a video that is uplifting and talks about how a wheelchair is like clothing and that a chair user can indeed have fun, feel attractive, and feel confident rather than all the stereo types that are placed on us. If you want a real chair, a good chair, one that will not only be highly functional but also good looking and make you feel very confident, attractive, and happy, follow these tips and select a real ridged frame chair!

I am 45 years old and have fended off the use of a wheelchair for the past 21 years but am now unable to walk without crutches. This means when I go out with my family I am often in a lot of pain if we visit a park or in to town so I am starting to accept I need a wheelchair but I was even in denial when I bought the one I have now. Thank you for all the useful tips and encouragement.

thanks so much. you were the first to help me feel STRONG even though i'm in a chair. THANKS

Great job. Injured my hip and my left leg is like rubber. Will go for an operation some day but with COVID still on the loose I can wait. Could get crutches I suppose, but I tend to get dizzy or unbalanced rather quickly. I am 62 so a fall could result in even worse injuries. You are so cute too!!

As I'm just starting out I found this video to be very helpful. One thing I'd add would be to put your list of suggestions in the description so I could print it off and use it as a sort of check list while shopping.

My first 24 hours in my wheelchair. I loved your videos, very helpful. Thank you.

I have been in a wheelchair sense August 1991, and currently use a Quickie Q7 ridged frame. Your video is very helpful to many people including me. Thank you for the great information.

Thanks so much for this information. I'm just starting to shop for a wheelchair for myself. Just as helpful as your tips is your upbeat positive attitude. I am resolved to not let this define my life and be just as happy as you are!!! :)

Cost is the biggest factor - it's a niche market, so manufacturers charge whatever they want, because they know you have to have it. That means many wheelchairs are out of the reach of most Disabled people, especially if you're unlucky enough not to have a job.

As a C5 quad who HAS to use a powerchair it suck ballz that there aren't more companies with better designs and it AMAZES me that we haven't yet started using Li-ion batteries for power consumption.

Love the video. Great attitude and encouragement for all of us. Love the humor. Mary Allison makes it a hit.

Oh my goodness, you are such a delightful person. Thank you for sharing your life.

Well done, you have a wonderful spirit. thank you for your help.

She's quite the sweetheart too, if I do say so myself... Keep up the great work sweetheart! We all need more people like you in this world. Thanks for the helpful tips, as well as your rainbow smile...

Thank you for doing this. I have been so confused and you have answered so many questions. Rollin with you!

That was so well done Mary Allison Cook and friends!! Very informational and fun to watch :)

Heading in for my fitting tomorrow for my first chair, thank you for such a great informative video!

Luggage carrier on the chair is a lifesaver if you travel or even in a shop if the shop doesn’t have good baskets that can be put on lap, or you don’t want a dirty basket on your lap. If getting the plastic luggage carrier it really doesn’t add weight to the chair as they’re very very light, and they’re not in the way when folded up when not using them. I’ve had my Caddy luggage carriers since October 2018 and I honestly don’t know how I managed without them for 5,5 years! The luggage carrier has saved my ass quite a few times by now and I’m so happy I got them

Thank you so much. So glad I came across your video before I bought my first chair. I hadn't taken into account even half of those considerations. Great job and thanks again xx

Thanks so much for this great information. Just what I needed!

I love the video, it's a good source as to what accessories I can go out looking for for my chair. Thanks & keep up the great work.

I have a Ti Lite ZRA wheelchair, and love it!! Very stable chair, and my casters are wider than I used to have!!

Thank you for the info and ideals been in a chair for years and boy things have really changed

I love these kids with Mary in we need more. I get messured for my new chair on Thursday excited because the one I have is mashed

“Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.” ― Dorothy Parker

Hey Awesome Video Very Cool & Helpful. Keep up the great work. Nick.

I found this very informative and enjoyable :)

Outstanding video! Your suggestions are very helpful and as well informative. Thanks for sharing.

Great guide. Thank you for sharing!

Nice and very helpful video for every handicapped person 👌👌

Nicely done, thanks for the tips!

This is a really informative film with great explanations - thanks so much for uploading. Best wishes, The SpeechAngel Team.

Great job! I have to buy a wheel chair for my Mom, who is 95, and I didn't know where to begin. Thanks so much! I also really enjoyed the outtakes at the end. Best wishes to you!

The best video I have ever seen about this topic.

this was really helpful, empowering, and made me nostalgic for 2014. lol. thanks!

Good instructional video for choosing a wheelchair!

Very nice I'm a new using due to strokes. Thank You. For taking the time and making this vid.

Helpful Video, big thx

Really useful video, best wheelchair I've ever had was the G-Logic

Thank you so much for making this video. I loved it, but I did miss something about the camber that I was asked about when I got my wheelchair. 11:29 This makes me think you should have gone for bigger casters.

Thank you so much, that was really spirit lifting and helpful at the same time.

I am not in a wheelchair but there was one girl in a college course along with other classmates over the years. the differences in their wheelchairs and others such as in hospitals and such. but i just wanted to know more about wheelchairs in general this video was very informative.

Thank you so much. 🧡

Great info!😎

Helpful. Thanks

11:30 Had that happen a time or two lol. Went to pop a wheely over a big stick and leg spasmed kicking my chair back down early lol.

Thanks Mary Allison, great vid!

What about quadriplegic and the back height is it should be longer according to high level injury like c6,c7

Hola . Soy de Uruguay 🇺🇾🙋🏼‍♂️. Gerardo 🧑‍🦽. Estoy en silla de ruedas por una radiculopatia seria y debo aceptar que debo ver mi vida CON LA SILLA DE RUEDAS. Tus enseñanzas y sugerencias son muy prácticos. Tuve que seleccionar quien lo entendiera a uno y TU lo haces muy bien. Me he subscriptor para saber más. Gracias y un fuerte abrazo para todos. 😊🙋🏼‍♂️♥️♥️

Mary, there's only one thing missing from your list of options and that is a "Go Faster" stripe on the side plates. I think it would compliment a smart looking set of wheels. Nice well presented video.

Well Mary I have been in a wheelchair for 32 years (car accident) and I have had some shit chairs over 10.... The best chair on the market is Mobility Plus Australia. ......I have just got a Levo it's a standup chair with power assist and it's an absolute great chair. You hit the button on the arm rest and it stands you up. Look them up and it's like a sport chair.

Very helpful. Thank you!

I'll admit that I just happened to click on this vid by accident... Ended up being super inspirational. Don't let anything keep you from flourishing.

Thank you for making this video

Good job for us ..thanks

Most totally excellent video, Five Stars

your are awesome and all are literally truth..

Ace video's, they are great - Tells me more about my chair than the sales person did - thank you...

Great help , keep it up ,Dave

Thank You very much for this video!

thanks for your sharing.

Great video....thank you!

Nice job Mary Allison!!!!

Great Guide for Senators in the Philippines...

Looking for a chair for a family member and this was a really helpful video. Thanks for making :)

Awesome explanation

Yeah I had light up wheels when I was younger. But the place that I go too to have my wheelchair built doesn’t do light up wheels for grown ups chairs.

very informative great job

Thanks

Great information. Cool video

The video is very well done and entertaining. Thanks for sharing it. :)

Hello Allison I want to thank you for sharing this video due to a growth on my spine I have been gradually becoming paralyzed for about 2 years doctors said last fall I would probably be a chair early to middle next year been walking with crutches past 2 months doctors by end of summer I should start looking at wheelchairs about 2 weeks ago I decided it's time to find a chair Saturday morning I woke and with no feeling from my waist down but I'm waiting for my disability benefits to be approved so luckily my girlfriend is a paraplegic she moved to California last year for im in Texas and hopefully will be moving to California soon she shipped me one of her old chairs will be here tomorrow won't fit my body but it will have to work for now doctor's said today early next to middle of next year I will be a quadriplegic I think it will be much sooner it's really helped me knowing what my future looked like and I'm embracing it actually I'm relieved because the past few months have been a real struggle with mobility issues I'm actually looking forward to my new wheelchair life and what it will bring I've been trying to share my story as much as I can it's helps me I always been attracted to women in wheelchairs that attraction was preparing me for my own future God has blessed me with a amazing lady who is my World this has been harder for my family and friends than me I keep telling them don't feel sorry for me I tell them embrace be happy I am actually I'm more excited about the future than I have been in a long time I might be crazy but I'm looking forward to my wheelchair I'm the only person who has ever looked forward to being in a wheelchair well I will stop now any support or advice would be greatly appreciated once again thanks for this vedio one more ? What brand wheelchair do suggest I looked at Spazz and quickie 7 series

Awesome bloopers, info

great video very entertaining

Useful guide on how to choose a wheel chair.

Awesome video and a great resource for wheelchair users. W

A good video. Thank you.

Great! thank for the típ. Love you

Awesome video! really one of the best Ive seen so far. Very light and extremely insightful. Thanks!! I will share this with everyone her in South Africa!

Love the bloopers

Great video! And I loved all the bloopers!!! Lol

My occupational therapist wanted me to have carer breaks, arm rests and crutch holder as extras. I refused it all LOL She did however force me to have fold foot rests and wheelie bars :P This week the foot rest was changed to a rigid, and wheelie bars were removed. Suddenly my chair is about half the weight of before, and much better to propel :D I don't have taper though. I'm not para, just very limited walking and standing. Think next chair will be with taper though!

I use a powerchair and am choosing a new one. Thanks for the great video!

Whill - CES Review - NewsWatch Saw this at CES - fixing a lot of problems mentioned with form and function

Awesome video

Yea very good informative video it'll be funny to see what the assessment guy says and requests (if anything) for my new wheelchair here in a week. I've been in a chair for 8 yrs or should I say about 5 chairs in 8 yrs lol I'm going all out this time really want the best manual rigid wheelchair out there. Doing my homework thanks again for the video great pointers!

Well done..

please what is the brand of this wheelcahir on the video?

Great Video! Keep it up!

Got a custom complex rehab power chair, having some trouble finding fashionable accessories that don't look clenical, sometimes. I would like to find more.

Amazing video!! I am in the process of getting a new chair(Ti-Lite) right now and this was very helpful!

Good video.... thanks

buenas noches, por que Mary Allison no sube nuevos videos. me sirvieron de mucho

Dude! This chick is a total rockstar!!!

This a great video I have a power chair however, it maybe best for me to invest in a manual chair in the near future as a back up source too.....

Thank you so much :)

Excellent video ! You look wonderful and this video shows you are a very happy person who knew how to adapt to life cicurmstances. Congratulations. Greetings from Argentina. :o)

keeping my feet together is painful I need my feet wide apart and elevating foot rests to alleviate my hip pain

Although I'm 10 years late, you have a nice informative video. Right now I'm still trying to get a diagnosis but looking for a chair when I have my episodes in the morning. I can't do anything really. So, I need a chair that's simple but to where I can get in and out since I can't put weight on my legs. Ima save your video. I honestly don't want to get something too expensive and they find a cure but then I don't want to be bedridden for half the day. So much stuff to think about.