Fire investigators blamed the lithium-ion battery in an electric wheelchair for a fire that sent two elderly people to the hospital. The Ann Arbor Fire Department said in a news release that it was ...

Liz Henry, who works part time at the Disability Cultural Center, lives on a hill in Bernal Heights. Publicly accessible wheelchair charging stations, they say, will prevent chair users from being ...

Travelers who bring their own electric wheelchairs will need to take additional steps to fly with the medical devices. Passengers will have to remove the lithium batteries of both electric wheelchairs ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WDIV) - Firefighters in Michigan rescued two older adults from an apartment fire caused by an electronic wheelchair battery that went up in flames. Fire Chief Mike Kennedy says the ...

Air travelers who take electric wheelchairs with them will soon face a change on Southwest Airlines, as the carrier introduces a safety requirement involving lithium batteries. Starting Sept. 25, ...

When Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) made plans to travel to military bases in Italy last month, the Defense Department called ahead to make sure his power wheelchair would be permitted on the flight. But ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A family's travel experience at Tampa International Airport has them raising concerns about how important information about wheelchairs is distributed. Shannon Butler said her husband, ...