In Colorado: Wheelchair Repair Law Is Already Transforming Lives

Coloradans are reaping the benefits of the state’s newly enacted wheelchair repair law, getting access to software and settings that manufacturers used to exclusively control.

Robin Bouldoc and her husband Bruce Goguen love to go for hikes in and around their home in Colorado. That might - at first glance - seem unusual. After all, Bruce suffers from primary, progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), a degenerative illness. He requires a power wheelchair equipped with a respirator and a device that allows him to control the chair …