Her now 17-year-old son, Koharu, has muscular dystrophy and uses an electric wheelchair ... out Sahara’s posts whenever possible. The boy has been passionate about powerchair soccer, a sport ...

The world wheelchair motocross champion said the ordeal was 'degrading' A 15-year-old boy, forced to shuffle up stairs onto an aeroplane, has said the ordeal was "frustrating" and "degrading".

Compared to their manual counterparts, electric wheelchairs are far less demanding to operate, as the user doesn’t need to have upper body strength normally required to turn the wheels.

A boy with a rare muscle-wasting condition ... As time went on, it became clear that the limitations of Albert's NHS electric wheelchair meant that he was missing out on opportunities.