Reeve Foundation Paralysis Community

Don't be intimidated when shopping for a gift for someone in a wheelchair this holiday season. We gathered some top-notch ideas from wheelchair users and scoured all types of manufacturers for their best bets.

Now, we aren't endorsing any of the products in the gift guide, nor have we tested them, but they look like fun and we tried to provide presents for all budgets. So go ahead, take a look, unwrap our gift guide, and be the best gift giver! (And don't forget to wrap the gift too.)

www.ChristopherReeve.org/gift

Have any additions to the list. Add your own ideas here!

For instance we just got this one about wheelchair ponchos for kids and adults.

Janelle
Online Writer

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Rob Gerth
Director Online Communications
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
(800) 225-0292 ext. 7123
"Nothing good is a miracle, nothing lovely is a dream."

Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/reevefoundation

My kids want to get my husband this game called Mindflex by Mattel. Apparently you move a ball through some sort of configurable maze with the power of your mind. It looks like some minimal arm or hand function may be needed. But I guess your mind is the key to this game.

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Trish

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's learning to dance in the rain."

Trish,
Georgia Tech in Atlanta has developed some adaptations that are amazing for Wii and the instructions for making the adapted items are online. For example, there was a ball cap that used snaps to connect the gamestick to the cap so minimal head movements allowed interaction and gameplaying. Also, there were giant buttons to be pushed to move like the small up and down arrows on the controller. This was just a sample of what the students are working on there in the Industrial Design Department.

The folks over at WheelchairFX.com saw our Holiday Gift Guide and asked to be in it next year. They are all about lights!

Rob

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Rob Gerth
Director Online Communications
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
(800) 225-0292 ext. 7123
"Nothing good is a miracle, nothing lovely is a dream."

Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/reevefoundation

If you give Superman Tags for Christmas presents, you'll be supporting the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's commitment to finding treatments and cures for spinal cord injuries. Plus, I think the tags are beautiful.

For $10 (all of which goes to the foundation), you'll get two tags, delivered quickly  -- a necklace chain and a key ring.

The fact that I have spinal-cord damage has nothing to do with my pitch. I'd buy them if I wasn't disabled. Tons of my ''normal'' friends have. You can order them at wbshop.com.  

As it says on the website, ''Christopher Reeve redefined courage and hope. His strength, determination, and compassion inspired the world. He was our hero.'' He will always be mine.

Very cool idea for a gift anytime of the year.  A great alternative to boring jewelry.
Christopher Reeve was a super man, in every way.
What a wonderful way to give a gift that means so much.
Thanks, Saralee for the reminder!  I've been looking at these tags for the longest time.