Wheelchair Research & Mobility Resource Center
Real trail reports, funding guides, and gear research for wheelchair users and the people who love them.
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Accessible Travel
National parks, state parks, beaches, trails, and the world’s most-asked-about hikes — all road-tested in an Extreme Motus.
30+ guides 🛞Gear & Comparisons
All-terrain wheelchair reviews, head-to-head comparisons, price guides, and buyer’s guides for every budget.
26 posts 💰Funding & Grants
Medicare coverage, grants, Affirm financing, HSA/FSA paths, and our free grant-application help.
5 hub posts 🩺Health & Conditions
Plain-language guides to 50+ conditions and how wheelchair access changes life for people living with them.
50+ condition guides 🔧Technical Research
Specifications, FAQs, maintenance, flying with a chair, building your own, and the engineering decisions behind every Motus.
10+ technical guides 🎬Sam & Ryan Adventures
What it actually looks like to live a full outdoor life as a wheelchair user. 38 stories and counting.
38 storiesStart Here: Three guides for new visitors
If you’re new and feeling overwhelmed, pick the one that fits your situation. Each is a complete primer that links to the deeper research.
What is an all-terrain wheelchair?
The 49-lb chair that goes where standard wheelchairs can’t. Sand, snow, mud, water, mountain trails. Built in Utah, used in 4 countries.
Read the complete guide →Funding 101: How do people actually pay for these?
Medicare won’t cover all-terrain. So how do families fund a $4,500 chair? Grants, HSA, payment plans, and free help applying.
Read Funding 101 →Travel 101: Where can I actually go?
The interactive map shows 59 locations where you can try a Motus before buying. Plus our most-read trail reports for Zion, Bryce, and beyond.
Explore the location map →🧪 Sam & Ryan’s Lab
“Can it be done?” — every wheelchair experiment we’ve actually tested. Real results, real videos.
Everything you see here was performed by real users on real terrain — no professional stunt drivers, just best friends.
Interactive tools
Find a Motus near you
Interactive map of 59 parks, zoos, and adaptive sports programs across the US, Canada, Australia, and UK where you can try the chair before buying.
Open the map →The 90-second Adventure Quiz
Tell us about your situation in six quick questions — we’ll suggest which chair, which configuration, and what to research next.
Start the quiz →Grant Match Quiz
Answer five questions about your situation (rider, location, diagnosis, organization type) and we’ll match you to the grants most likely to fund your chair.
Match me to grants →About the Research Center
Every guide in this library is built from one of three sources: real-world testing (Sam & Ryan have been trail-testing the Extreme Motus for 8+ years), customer reports from owners across 4 countries, and verified medical / regulatory sources (Medicare.gov, NPS accessibility guides, condition-specific medical authorities).
For medical and clinical content, we cite the CDC, National Library of Medicine, and condition-specific patient organizations. For travel accessibility, we cite National Park Service accessibility resources and state park systems directly. For grants and funding, we verify directly with each foundation. If you spot something inaccurate, tell us — we’ll fix it.
📡 Community Field Reports
The best research isn’t from us — it’s from you. Have you found an accessible trail we haven’t covered? Won a grant we don’t list? Solved a chair-maintenance problem nobody talks about? Share it with the community.
Submit your research →Featured submissions get bylined credit and a link to your website/social.
“Bryce Canyon is famous for steep switchbacks. We mapped every wheelchair-accessible viewpoint, every rim trail you can actually roll, and which rangers go the extra mile.” Read the full report →
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Last updated: May 10, 2026 · Maintained by Sam & Ryan and the Extreme Motus team