MobilityWorks Blog

Catching up with โ€œCurb Free Cory Leeโ€

February 13, 2017

In the spring of 2015, Cory Lee was featured on the front of MobilityWorkโ€™s annual InMotion newsletter. Cory is a travel enthusiast, a dedicated blogger, and a wonderful advocate for improving accessibility worldwide. He was featured after renting an accessible van from MobilityWorks and winning our Instagram contest. Since then, Cory has been a busy [โ€ฆ]

Moving Others Forward: Travis Roy

February 13, 2017

Eleven seconds into the first game of Travis Royโ€™s collegiate hockey career, he went head first into the boards cracking his fourth vertebrae. Since that day over 20 years ago, Travis has worked relentlessly to help others recover from spinal cord injuries. His accessible van from MobilityWorks allows Travis to travel all over the country delivering [โ€ฆ]

Making Dreams Come True

February 13, 2017

Give Kids The World Village, a non-profit resort in Central Florida, has been making dreams come true for the past 30 years. The 79 acre Village near Orlando provides week-long, cost free vacations to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Here at MobilityWorks, we are proud to supply their organization with hundreds of accessible rental vans. [โ€ฆ]

Fighting Back: Boxing Class Combats Parkinsonโ€™s Disease

February 2, 2017

Rock Steady Boxing is empowering people all around the world with Parkinsonโ€™s to fight back! Their non-profit organization has over 300 gyms where people living with Parkinsonโ€™s can participate in non-contact boxing fitness classes. Parkinsonโ€™s disease is a degenerative movement disorder which can cause deterioration of motor skills, balance, speech and sensory function. It is [โ€ฆ]

Google Honors Disability Advocate Ed Roberts

January 23, 2017

Have you ever noticed the โ€œGoogle Doodleโ€ drawing above the search bar that changes almost every day? Sometimes they change it to match the season or holiday, or a major event happening in the world. Today, January 23, the artwork honors world-renowned disability activist Ed Roberts on what would have been his 78th birthday. Referred [โ€ฆ]

MobilityWorks of N. Attleboro to Participate in Telethon

January 19, 2017

On January 28th the MobilityWorks team of North Attleboro, MA is excited to participate in the Meeting Street Dial for Dollars Telethon. Meeting Street was founded in 1946 as a place where children of all ages and abilities receive individualized attention for highly trained teachers and therapists.  They work with over 4,000 kids in the [โ€ฆ]

Be There โ€“ Blair Chirdon

January 16, 2017
MobilityWorks Be There Blair Chardin

When Blair Chirdon was born, the doctors told her parents that she wouldnโ€™t be able to do many things due to being diagnosed with Congenital Cervical Myopathy. Itโ€™s a rare birth defect that limits oneโ€™s range of motion. One thing they didnโ€™t know was that she was born with more determination than the average person. [โ€ฆ]

ADED Can Get You Behind the Wheel

January 16, 2017

The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists, also known as ADED, was established 40 years ago to help support professionals working in the field of driver education, training and equipment modifications.  With over 800 driver rehabilitation specialists across the US and Canada, ADED stands ready to meet the professional needs of its members through educational conferences, professional [โ€ฆ]

A โ€œNight to Shine Promโ€ by The Tim Tebow Foundation

January 10, 2017

Prom Night Reservations Being Made Now for February 10, 2017 in All 50 States. Between professional baseball tryouts, broadcasting and his foundation itโ€™s a wonder how Tim Tebow finds time to sleep! The former Florida Gator quarterback is changing lives around the globe and in a few weeks his foundation will host one of their largest [โ€ฆ]

Introducing the Wheelchair Accessible Chrysler Pacifica

January 6, 2017

Have you heard about the new Chryslerโ€™s Pacifica? Maybe youโ€™ve seen the commercials about the reimagined minivan being โ€œgood for your dad brandโ€ or heard about their groundbreaking Uconnect technology.  Over the past few weeks, brand new wheelchair accessible Pacificas have been showing up at MobilityWorks locations throughout the country! Search Our Chrysler Pacifica Inventory [โ€ฆ]