ELYRIA, OH and SPICEWOOD, TX – Adaptive Switch Laboratories (ASL), a division of Invacare America, recently launched the ASL iON Integrated Drive Control System. ASL iON enhances the ability of power wheelchair users to engage with people, interact with their environment, and meet more of their needs independently.

As a fully integrated wheelchair drive-control platform, the ASL iON includes Bluetooth connectivity for up to eight devices, multiple active drive controls for users to navigate, pre-programmed phrases for users with speech limitations, and voice prompts that tell users where in the system they are.

“This new system takes customers’ independence to new levels by serving as a powerful smart hub and control panel for some of life’s most important daily activities,” said Lisa Rotelli, director, ASL. “The iON allows someone to use the drive control of their wheelchair to also control their technology and environment with the goal of being less reliant on caregivers and others.”

The iON offers an array of technologies to help enhance the capabilities of people with the most profound mobility and speech limitations to engage as fully as possible in daily life, Rotelli added. It gives someone the power to independently control their computers or mobile phones from their drive control, devices such as communication devices, tablets, door openers and other assistive technologies. With the built-in auditory selection, users can make requests of people around them from an array of pre-programmed phrases.

Invacare has signed on to exhibit at Medtrade 2026, scheduled for March 2-4 in Phoenix, and Invacare officials confirm that attendees will be able to see the ASL iON at the show. “It’s been a few years since Invacare exhibited at Medtrade,” says Kerry Tyler, group show director, Medtrade. “We are thrilled to welcome them back where they will also be speaking at CRT Live on the show floor. We’ll have more details on that as the show gets closer.”