Jayden, one of our new Bear Scouts, has Arthrogryposis. He cannot move his legs and has been through 9 surgeries since he was born. After I saw him in that chair, I saw this was a whole new quality of life for him.
Amtrak with a Wheelchair
JANUARY 16, 2024BEYOND THE PAVEMENT By Jeanine Schmitz Jenny lives in Seattle because of its […]
Wheelchair Hiking for the Modern Adventurer
FEBRUARY 22, 2024BEYOND THE PAVEMENTBy Nerissa Dawn Cannon Nerissa has been active for as long […]
Reclaiming Life After Loss
JANUARY 17, 2024Reclaiming Life After LossBEYOND THE PAVEMENT By Nerissa Dawn Cannon Nerissa has been […]
Tales from the Trail: The Moment That Changed My Life
JANUARY 24, 2024 BEYOND THE PAVEMENT By Lindsey Runkel Editor’s note: This post is reprinted […]
Science: The Secret Behind the GRIT Freedom Chair
We remember when the GRIT Freedom Chair was a brainstorming session on a whiteboard, in a long-neglected building in the northwest corner of the MIT campus, in a room we affectionately called the “MIT Mobility Lab.”
6 Awesome Design Features of the GRIT Freedom Chair
We like to think of the GRIT Freedom Chair as the best of beauty and brains: it’s visually appealing and efficiently engineered, and it took years of dedication, multiple prototypes, and a lot of feedback from wheelchair riders to get here.