An Australian man was charged with drunk-"driving" while traversing a highway in northern Queensland... on a wheelchair. " Motorists were forced to drive around the 64-year-old man after he fell asleep in an exit lane on the Captain Cook Highway in northern Queensland...
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Is not easy at all to become a professional and until you are not professional most of the times you are considered as "those crazy guys".Here is the sad part of one of this "dangerous" sports."25 year-old Paul...
created by altrugon | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1677 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
I wonder if this speaks to a larger trend...are Segways catching on?"ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- U.S. Army Sgt. Jacque Keeslar lost both legs in Iraq nearly two years ago. To get around, he relies on a wheelchair...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1194 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
By Craig Kennedy When most people think about traveling on an airplane, they think of getting up way too early, long lines at security, lost baggage, and inevitable delays. When most wheelchair users think about...
created by ESKCSG | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 637 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
By Disaboom Health Team People suffering with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, know that a wheelchair can make all the difference in a person’s independence....
created by ESKCSG | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1142 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
" PALO ALTO, Calif. - Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford...
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My friend's dog became sick two years ago with a disease that crippled its back legs and left them almost useless, but otherwise the animal was perfectly healthy. It was heartbreaking to see this gorgeous and...
created by Amy Judd | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 495 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
Denver, CO – March 12,
2008 –
Disaboom, the
leading online community for people with disabilities and their friends, family
and caregivers, today announced the expansion of its fitness and...
created by ESKCSG | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 769 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Although this happened in January, a video has just been released of four US sheriffs tipping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair in order to search him. The four men have been suspended pending an...
created by Amy Judd | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 741 views | 20 recommendations | 4 comments
"Until recently, many employers didn't vigilantly enforce the provision, and some states and federal courts didn't think the claim held water. But as the cost of covering workers continues to escalate, employers and health plans are getting more aggressive about going after...
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What better place to kill your wife, just hang her up and use her as a prop. "Spokane, WA (KXLY) - He wanted to avoid a divorce, so police say a Spokane man took his wife to his garage to show her a haunted house...
created by mpress | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 5364 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Bern Goosen, the First Man to Successfully Summit Mount Kilimanjaro
in a Wheelchair, Will Attempt to Break His Own World Record and Set a
New Time for the Fastest Wheelchair Summit
XL Results Foundation Announces...
created by uusjio | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 290 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
In a time when Canadian Olympic and
Paralympic officials are scraping money together for athletes in the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, public opinion and support is very necessary.
Just yesterday it was reported...
created by shmoomie | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1438 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
If not for the potential tragic outcome, this could be straight from a Benny Hill Episode!Listen to the 9-1-1 emergency calls here."Semi-truck takes man and wheelchair for a ride
Tribune Staff Report
PAW PAW,...
created by TheArgus | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1209 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
"A head teacher found guilty of dangerous driving after a collision left another driver in a wheelchair, has been jailed for 15 months.
Paul Davies, 51, was said to have driven at 120mph, colliding with a car driven by Kelvin Palmer on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in...