Friendly Wheels

How to experience the magic of Disney with accessible options50 years ago Walt Disney World opened its gates to the public. In 1971, prior to the accessibility in public stores, parks and [...]

Keeping Passions Alive Changing your method of mobility does not mean your passions have to change too. Conrad Patrick has been an avid hunter throughout his life and his Amigo has proven to be a [...]

Karen Wempen, who has Cerebral Palsy, got her first Amigo in 1982 as an adult. She had made it through all of college with her friends walking her to and from classes with help from a cane. After [...]

Kris Kurnit is a Michigan native and resides in the Ann Arbor area. She was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the age of 24. Due to her MD, she is a full-time Amigo user, relying on its [...]

Tonya Gilchrist, a lifelong Amigo owner, is based in the Washington DC area and lives with her husband Don and children Ben (age 8) and Maya (age 10). She started using a yellow Amigo FD as a [...]

Dr. Wayne Attkisson had polio when he was five years old. His father had just gotten out of the war and returned home to Wayne with Polio and his brother with rheumatic fever. Due to polio [...]

Mobile Without Walking Carol John, Amigo user, got her first power-operated vehicle when she was ten years old and her first Amigo when she was 30. Carol was an infant when she came down with [...]

Growing up, David Walter saw warning signs that he was not like the others. He was active in sports, but was a toe runner and never as fast as the others. A series of events lead to his [...]

Amigo User Tim Brown Amigo User, Tim Brown is a polio survivor, and for the past 25 years, has been living with Post-Polio Syndrome. This syndrome comes with the weakening of original [...]

“To appreciate fully what my Amigos have done for me, you really need to know the full story.  I’ve never put things down in writing before but perhaps it might be good therapy to do [...]