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The Mobility Independence Foundation @themif.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Stay in the loop with our latest updates—subscribe to our Substack for exclusive content, community discussions, and direct-to-inbox insights! 📩 Join us today and be part of something bigger! 🔥 Link in bio! #Disability #Subscribe #StayInformed #JoinTheConversation

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GOAT @openassistivetech.org · 08/03/2025

From GOAT's scans of rare DIY assistive tech! "Good Junk" has detailed plans & materials lists for building control switches for electronics, out of common household objects. Build simple switch control devices for people with low dexterity, for VERY CHEAP. archive.org/details/good...

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Good Junk + Creativity = Great Low-End Technology! : Rocklage, Lynne : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

DIY assistive tech and adaptive tech plans, materials lists, photos, and diagrams written by teachers and an assistive tech expert. Repurposing common, cheap...

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Matthew Wright 👨🏼‍🦼 @mcmwright.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

If you've bought a Shoprider 'Vienna' powerchair you've probably noticed it start to creak, loudly, after a week or two. The cure (h/t Lewis Mobility) is to replace the pin through the seat pillar with an M8 50mm cap-head bolt, two 'repair' washers and a nylok nut.

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The Mobility Independence Foundation @themif.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Thomas Quiter, President & Board of Directors. In 2015, he was denied a suitable wheelchair despite Medicaid and private insurance. A crowdfunded solution showed the need for open source mobility equipment, bypassing restrictive IP laws and supporting the right to repair.

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 11/02/2025

Attn Bay Area friends with mobility devices! (a friend shared this on fb and since it's public I feel ok sharing here, since I know a lot of people are no longer using fb)

A screenshot of a facebook post from Liz Henry

Coming up Feb. 22! Wheelchair/ powerchair maintenance workshop!
LOVE YOUR RIDE
Free workshop to learn maintenance for your mobility gear
Wheelchairs, powerchairs, scooters, walkers, rollators, etc.
Time: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: ILRCSF, 825 Howard Street - San Francisco
FREE TOOLKIT AND INSTRUCTION MANUAL
We will work with you to make a custom maintenance and emergency repair kit! You will get to take home a small, portable bag with tools and materials customized for you. There is also a workbook to fill out with information about your mobility device or devices, and we will look for service manuals and other information to give you.
Please register by emailing info@ilrcsf.org, or call or text Vincent @ 415-609-2555.
A joint workshop by Grassroots Open Assistive Tech and ILRCSF
Liz Henry, liz@openassistivetech.org, https://openassistivetech.org
Vincent Lopez, vincent@ilrcsf.org,
Marisol Ferrante, marisol@ilrcsf.org, Nick Feldman Assistive Tech Lending Library

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disabilityrightsca.bsky.social @disabilityrightsca.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Have you had a repair or pest issue that a landlord just would not fix? This workshop will share red flags, best practices, and options for addressing an unsafe living environment while protecting your housing. Register at the link: www.disabilityrightsca.org/events/habit... (1/3)

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GOAT @openassistivetech.org · 12/02/2025

Read more about what Grassroots Open Assistive Tech is up to in our newsletter, GOAT Notes! buttondown.com/GoatNotes/ar... #AssistiveTech #RightToRepair #DisabilityJustice

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GOAT @openassistivetech.org · 11/02/2025

Our rare and useful books and materials with details of DIY assistive tech - how to build things ranging from low tech aids for daily living, to motorized wheelchair lifts for a ban, to powerchair components - will be housed at the Prelinger Library in San Francisco, available to the public.

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Summer Palsy Bear @autobotcoop.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

For the life of me I can't figure out exactly why power wheelchair repair is so specialized. why can't I just go to the neighborhood mechanic and be like fix this like everybody else? why do I have to wait for repair orders and all this other stuff?

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 24/01/2025

really glad I got the chance to write this. on the perfect storm of insurance BS, ableism and private equity that makes finding a good wheelchair nearly impossible www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/sole...

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It took a Berkeley woman 14 months to get a new wheelchair. She isn’t the only one facing extreme delays

Insurance coverage issues and industry consolidation are working against the 2 million wheelchair users in the U.S.

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GOAT @openassistivetech.org · 11/02/2025

GOAT also has a program to catalog and archive DIY assistive tech books, papers, construction diagrams, sewing patterns, and other material. Our catalog in progress is at www.librarything.com/catalog/open..., with scans uploaded to the Internet Archive. #AssistiveTech

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openassistivetech's books | LibraryThing

LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free.

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GOAT @openassistivetech.org · 11/02/2025

Our next in-person workshop is for tinkering with, maintaining, and repairing mobility devices like walkers, wheelchairs, powerchairs, and scooters. Feb 22, 2-4pm, at the ILRCSF in San Francisco. www.openassistivetech.org/love-your-ri... #AssistiveTech #DisabliityJustice #RightToRepair

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Love Your Ride – wheelchair maintenance and repair workshop – GOAT

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GOAT @openassistivetech.org · 11/02/2025

We're Grassroots Open Assistive Tech, a nonprofit org in the US, sharing free information on DIY assistive and adaptive technology. #AssistiveTech #DisabilityJustice #RightToRepair

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