It’s all hands on deck for an end-of-the-year push on the production line at the Pasco Permobil facility that produces TiLite manual wheelchairs. As customized orders are rushing out the door in Pasco ...

Rep. Dan Newhouse, right, and TiLite Vice President of Engineering Peter Archambault look at a piece for a wheelchair Wednesday during a tour of the company’s facility in Pasco. The congressman ...

In fact, even the term wheelchair has fallen out of favour. Now it’s a “personal mobility ­device”. Models coming on the market or in development can climb stairs, turn tight corners, make their way ...