Three dogs. A FOLD & GO. A pair of Hokas. And 17 years of Knowing Exactly what a Folding Electric Wheelchair Needs to Do — Because she's Using one Right Now.
Michele Isn't an Executive Who sits at a Desk. She's the Founder, the CEO, and the First Customer of Every Chair we Build. Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at 26. Wheelchair-Reliant at 39. Six Joint Replacements. 29 Years of Lived Experience — and She's Still Here, Still Building, Still Rolling.
is Run by People Who've Never Needed One.
We're the Exception. And It Shows in Every Chair.
- Executives in corner offices
- Outsourced manufacturing overseas
- "What do disabled people need?" (they guess)
- Sold through Amazon & dealer warehouses
- Customer service script readers
- Founder Uses her Own Product Daily
- Assembled & Shipped from Austin, Texas
- "Here's what I needed." (she knows)
- Direct from US — never third parties
- You call, a Wheelchair User Answers
Owned and Operated Entirely by People in Wheelchairs.
The Woman Behind FOLD & GO
Same Person. 17 Years Apart.
Between These Two Pictures are Six Joint Replacements, One Lost Marriage, Countless Hours of Physical Therapy, and a Whole Company Built Out of Everything Michele Wished her First Wheelchair Could Do.
Most Orthopedic Surgeons Won't Do This. Most Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Can't. Michele Wasn't Waiting.
Three Years of Physical Therapy. Hundreds of Hours in the Pool, the Gym, and the Harness. Every Photo Here is a Real Step Forward.
—2015
That's Not Marketing. That's a Life's Work."
From Her Own Chair.
After 3 Years of Physical Therapy, Michele Still Needed a Wheelchair — and Every Option on the Market Failed Her in One of Four Ways. So she Wrote her Own Rules. These Four have Been the DNA of Every Chair FOLD & GO has Built Ever Since.
Three Problems the Market Totally Ignored.
Every Chair Michele Builds Starts the Same Way — With Someone in a Wheelchair Saying "Nobody Makes What I Need." Michele Saw the Gap. Solved the Problem. Three Times. For Three Different Groups of People the Industry Had Quietly Given Up On.
So Why Should Your Wheelchair?
MagSHOCK® was Born from Every Doctor's Appointment Michele Missed Because it was Raining. Every Trip She Skipped Because the Forecast Said "No." Every Time an Aluminum Chair Died the First Time it Met a Puddle. We Built a Magnesium Frame — the Same Metal Used in Aerospace and Formula 1 — That Handles Rain, Snow, Puddles, and 25° Hills Without Flinching.
Insurance Doesn't.
Insurance Pays for a New Wheelchair Every 5 Years. So What Happens to the 6-Year-Old Riding in the Same Chair when she's 11? Or the Little Person Being Physically Lifted in and out of a Fixed-Size Adult Chair — a Humiliation Nobody in the Industry Talks About?
Every Other Wheelchair is a Fixed Size. Neudol® Adapts with You. Seat Height Adjusts from 15" to 20". Designed for Children, Teens, Little People, Double Amputees, and Smaller Adults. One Chair. Five Years of Perfect Fit.
Get Your Life Back.
Bariatric Wheelchair Users Today are Stuck with 500 lb "Big Bertha" Chairs that Require a Van and a Ramp to Transport. They Can't Climb Hills. Can't Go Off-Road. Can't Fly. Can't Handle Rain. And They Cost over $20,000.
Ark550® Changes All of That. 550 lbs of Weight Capacity. 104 lbs of Magnesium. Folds Into Any Car Trunk. FAA Fly-Ready. 25° Hill Climb. IPX6 WeatherPROOF. Roughly 1/6th the Price of What's Out There.
We Haven't.
Every FOLD & GO Model Started as a Problem Somebody was Living With and Nobody was Solving. If That's You — We Want to Hear From You.
Michele Holds Two Utility Patents with the United States Patent & Trademark Office Covering the MagSHOCK® and Neudol® Wheelchair Designs. Every Imitator on Amazon is Copying Technology that's Legally Protected by the US Federal Government. Every Real FOLD & GO Carries Patent Numbers You Can Verify Yourself.
They Can't Copy the Engineering.
Buy a Real FOLD & GO. Direct from Us in Texas!