Tricycles
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| Tricycle attachment for the Mekong wooden three-wheel chair | Boys trialling tricycle attachment |
The primary function
of a tricycle, whether it is attached to a wheelchair or is a stand alone
product in itself, is for travelling longer distances more easily. This enables
wheelchair users to be more independent and travel further from their homes,
perhaps to work, to shop or to visit family. Tricycles are also extremely
effective over rough terrain and in mountainous areas. Motivation tricycle
attachments are designed to attach to three-wheel wheelchairs to give the
user the long distance option as well as the basic wheelchair.
Motivation have designed and produced tricycles that attach to three-wheel
wheelchairs in Cambodia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and they are also
taught on the Wheelchair Technologists Training Course at TATCOT in Tanzania
and made by the graduates in nine African countries.