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SPORTS ‘N SPOKES Wheelchair Recreation Magazine Readers Enjoy Lif
The September 2011 issue of SPORTS ‘N SPOKES, the sports and recreation magazine of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), features the results of a contest they initiated this summer with the nonprofit program Life After Spinal Cord Injury (LASCI). The joint outreach...
Maneuver your wheelchair using your brain
discover mind powere to the nth degree"This special wheelchair can be controlled using a 3D map wherein their surroundings are plotted. That map will appear in front of them while users will wear a cap. This cap can detect fluctuations in brain activity that as fast as...
created by biancalauren | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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134 views | 21 recommendations | 1 comment
Count Me Skeptical About the Segway-GM ‘PUMA’
The P.U.M.A., a new Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility vehicle, reminds me of a wheelchair on steroids. Officials from Segway and General Motors appeared on NBC's The Today Show this morning to tout the... Wheelchair athlete sets high goals
A story of courage and determination. Juvenile diabetes and type two diabetes are both killers for which research must be continued to find a cure...This reporter has hiked some of the trails that this... Closed Doors Leave Disabled Students Behind
Entrance to educational services with handicap accessible door lacking of push-buttons and indicating handicap symbol hinders handicap student access to building and. The Blue handicap symbol near the door of the... NYC ING Marathon 2008
Rosalee Aimes 78 years old Oldest Marathon Participant 2008 with her Achilles team running mates NM woman faces eviction over medical marijuana use
Bobbie lives on Social Security Disability her income is fixed. Her word were “I am on a fixed income … Social Security is all I get,” “What am I supposed to do?” They are going to kick me out in the... Man Dies in Winnipeg Emergency Room after waiting 34 Hours
Is this what socialized health care would bring? " A man who was in the same hospital waiting room as Brian Sinclair says he told nurses and security workers he was concerned about Sinclair -- but says he...
created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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3765 views | 39 recommendations | 29 comments
CNNMoney.com reports on Disaboom. Opening new worlds: The disability boom
(From a CNNMoney.com article published 9/15/2008)(Fortune Small Business) -- Despite his wheelchair, and often because of it, Dr. Glen House has always enjoyed doing what he isn't supposed to. Take the time he persuaded his neighbor in Colorado Springs, J.W. Roth, to join him...Iran Basketball Team Withdraws From Paralympics Amid Suspicion
Iran's Paralympic wheelchair basketball team forfeited their quarter-final match versus the United States, avoiding a possible match-up against Israel.Officials for Iran's Paralympic team deny that they withdrew from the competition because of Iran's strained relations with...Man Robbed 4 Times in Two Weeks!!!
"BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Buffalo man believes the same suspect has burglarized his home four times. He has turned to Call 4 Action's Al Vaughters and police are asking for your help as well. David Edgerton's...
created by LilyBillie23 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
245 views | 4 recommendations | 4 comments
245 views | 4 recommendations | 4 comments
EU extends rights of disabled air travellers
Many of the budget airlines in Europe have in the past made life very difficult for passengers with disability and one airline in particular has treated them with contempt so it is good to see that the EU has introduced new regulations relating to the treatment of elderly and...Blind war vet, 80, 'waited 20 hours' at hospital
Hope he won't be "the next Esmin Green". " AN 80-year-old war veteran was forced to wait nearly 20 hours overnight for treatment at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital emergency department, his wife claimed today. Edward Webster from Bedford was brought to SCGH emergency...Wheelchair man 'over the limit'
Drivers are not the only ones who go over the limit on drink driving. Police in the northern Australian city of Cairns have charged a man with drink driving in a motorised wheelchair. Patrol officers found the man stopped and fast asleep in his wheelchair in the exit lane of...Man in wheelchair charged with drinking and driving
I personally do not know the exact rules and law to this, but drinking and operating a motorised vehicle can definitely be quite hazardous. Getting hit by a wheel chair is definitely not fun, but they could also...NowPublic on Facebook
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