Kentucky couple makes special wheelchairs to help people with disabilities explore outdoors
By Jennifer Osting
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Western Kentucky nonprofit is working to make the outdoors more accessible for people with disabilities.
Jessica and Kent Madison founded Wheelable Wilderness in 2025.
Kent has been in a wheelchair since he was 17 when he was hit by a drunk driver.
He has always loved the outdoors, so he and his wife wanted to give wheelchair users in south central Kentucky an opportunity to rent out the Action Track Wheelchair.
“It can be a game changer just for your mental health alone, just to be able to access and be included in places, and with this chair, there are no limitations. It opened up a whole new world of independence for me, and I want to share that with others,” said Kent.
Wheelable Wilderness will deliver within a 200-mile radius of Bowling Green.
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