SuitePAD interior, view from bed
Interior photography of Add PAD model
The Perfect Solution for…
Loved Ones
WheelPADs keep families together. Bring a loved one home from a rehab facility or quickly add an accessible bedroom/bathroom suite to your home so you can recover, heal, and adjust to a new normal in the comfort of your home.
Veterans
We are changing the way Veterans come home and stay at home. WheelPAD’s + Add PAD, including delivery & installation, is covered by the Specially Adaptive Housing Grant.
Health Care Providers
WheelPad offers excellent options to help your clients return home from rehab or remain in an otherwise inaccessible house as their mobility changes. All WheelPad models exceed ADA requirements and an integrated ceiling track, compatible with lifts, comes standard.
The WheelPad Mission
WheelPad is dedicated to those who need mobility solutions and seek independence at home.
WheelPad is a company centered around those who desire choices when faced with injury, disability, or chronic health complications. We believe you should have the choice to remain at home to heal and live. We are proud to offer tiny home style accommodations with true universal accessibility, ready to adapt to your home and property, and to any lifestyle change.
WheelPad offers our Personal Accessible Dwellings (PADs) for living, and healing, at home.
Compared to accessible home renovations, our platform can be deployed in weeks, rather than months, offering a perfect solution to caring for a loved one at home, moving grandparents closer, or simply enjoying independence and comfort on your property. Time is rarely a luxury when a life-changing event is presented, so we designed WheelPAD home attachments to deliver accessibility and comfort, fast.
Transitioning from Rehab to Independence
A quick and comprehensive overview of the WheelPad ideals and how we are helping people with their everyday … every day.
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WheelPAD is designed to make life easier.
The Pursuit of Care
While we do not provide healthcare services - we know the challenges often faced by our clients, and we are here to provide support and customized products to make your journey and experience better!
Our mission is to improve the lives of those living with any chronic health condition.
Ready to Roll
WheelPAD models are built on a trailer chassis and wheel into place in a matter of weeks from ordering, offering quick solutions when you need to relocate loved ones, or need solutions at home, now.
Live comfortably, faster!
Universal Accessibility
Universal Accessibility is at the core of our business. We offer products that are functional for everyone, regardless of ability. Elements down to the drawer pulls are carefully designed to offer ease of life to any user.
Enjoy the life-changing ease of using a universally designed product.
WheelPad Models
Modular and customizable additions or standalone models to make your home universally accessible.
The SuitePAD is perhaps our most versatile offering, able to seamlessly attach onto almost any home or structure, this PAD offers a private part of the home, complete with all the innovation that makes it universally accessible.
WheelPad’s tiny home offering – complete with kitchen and bath – remains universally accessible and quickly deployed. The StudioPAD offers a true, standalone solution for independence, anywhere.
The WheelPad platform is so dynamic and modular, we have been able to combine up to 4 individual PADs together with a hub to create a multi-family home. We are exploring the potential of a community of MultiPADs, boasting social opportunities for literally anyone, all with affordability and ecological construction.
Don’t just take our word for it…
“We love it! We love it! We love it! Thank you both for all of your help facilitating my mom living more comfortably in our home! (and for promoting marital harmony!)”
SuitePAD XL Installed
Photo of Wheel Pad XL model installed outside home. The Wheel Pad XL can fit a queen size bed!
SuitePAD with optional deck
A photograph highlighting the versatility of the Wheel Pad, this model has an accessibly front deck installed.
SuitePAD connection with Julie, our founder
The founder of Wheel Pad poses with a Wheel Pad installed in a beautiful garden
SuitePad interior, view from bathroom
Photograph showing the Wheel Pad bathroom, a perfect example of our vision of universal accessibility
Interested? Curious?
To see if a WheelPad model can work for you, fill out the form below. Kindly contact us with your personal questions and interest. If you have general questions head to our contact page.
WheelPad’s Buyback Commitment
WheelPADs exist to help families stay together, and provide the space needed for recovery and care. When a WheelPAD is no longer needed, contact us and we may be able to help a new family.
Learn more about our process and our WheelPAD Buyback Commitment.
The WheelPad Story
History
The InnovateHER Challenge celebrated its inaugural year in 2015, including the Vermont competition that October. WheelPad™ L3C participated in its third Business Plan competition, and for the first time, came in second, missing the $10,000 prize by a hair. Or, did WheelPad walk away with the Grand Prize after all?
Professor David Feinauer, Engineering Professor at Norwich University, always interested in innovation, stopped in to watch the InnovateHerVT competition. Norwich University, The Military College of Vermont, is a private university located in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private military college in the United States. Intrigued with the idea of WheelPad, its possibilities for Veterans, and opportunities for Engineering, Architecture, and Project Management students, Professor Feinauer suggested Norwich students might be a good fit for building the WheelPad prototype.
WheelPad L3C President Julie Lineberger contacted Edwin Schmeckpeper, Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Norwich University. Thus, Norwich and Wheel Pad started a beautiful alliance in constructing WheelPad’s first prototype: + Add PAD (formerly Norwich Model).
Simeon Chapin, of VSECU (Vermont State Employee Credit Union), was also attending The InnovateHER Challenge. He was smitten with the concept and worked with VSECU members and management to provide a $10,000 Grant to WheelPad to assist in the construction of + Add PAD.
Working closely with numerous students, materials were ordered, plans made, and once the trailer arrived WheelPad’s initial prototype, +Add PAD, took shape. Thanks to the enormous support of Norwich University, +Add PAD is now complete. This model will be perpetually donated to Windham County residents in need.
The following year, WheelPad L3C partnered with Norwich University again to build the first XL PAD, for a veteran in northern Vermont who wanted a 12’ wide, rather than the standard 8’6”, structure in order to fit a Queen Size Bed. Students at Norwich gained valuable experience and skills constructing the cottage-style addition, and the community rallied in support of the veteran, offering deeply discounted products and services for the build.
And, all along the way, WheelPad L3C has been recognized with numerous awards and articles.
Currently, WheelPad partners with local tiny home manufacturers to build our + Add PAD, XL PAD, Multi PAD, and Mi PAD. Ultimately, we will build our own manufacturing facility in southern Vermont to manage the entire construction process.