Wheelchair Repair

MassHealth specifically

Jason Laughlin. 2023. MassHealth programs to help wheelchair users with slow repairs are themselves delayed - The Boston Globe. BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved March 17, 2025 from https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/27/metro/masshealth-wheelchairs-repairs/

Community-based wheelchair repair

• Wheeled Repair Alliance

  • Caitlin M. McKenney and Erin E. and McKenney. 2025. Wheeled repair alliance: Rolling out wheelchair repair and maintenance in community bicycle shops. Assistive Technology 37, 2 (March 2025), 87–92. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2024.2348163

• Anand Mhatre, Jon Pearlman, Mark Schmeler, Benjamin Krider, and John Fried. 2022. Community-based wheelchair caster failures call for improvements in quality and increased frequency of preventative maintenance. Spinal Cord 60, 1 (January 2022), 58–62. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-021-00689-3

• Chair Craft: The Art of Wheelchair Maintenance

• To read:

  • Mehdi Eshraghi, Bonita Sawatzky, and W. Ben Mortenson. 2021. Feasibility of a peer-led, manual wheelchair maintenance skills training programme to improve wheelchair efficiency, and knowledge and confidence about wheelchair maintenance: a pre-post study. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 16, 8 (November 2021), 918–926. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1749897

Learning to repair

• Manual Wheelchair Maintenance Guide and Workshop Materials by Wheeled Repair Alliance
• World Health Organization (1st Ed.). Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced settings. Retrieved March 17, 2025 from https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241547482