Australian charged with driving wheelchair while drunk

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...

Portland area freerider Paul Meeuwsen paralyzed in dirt bike accident

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...

Amputee vets choose Segways over wheelchairs

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...

Secrets of Wheelchair Airline Travel

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...

Best Wheelchairs for ALS Patients

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....

Police say man in wheelchair robbed bank

" 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...

Wheelchairs Keep Disabled Pets Moving

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...

Disaboom Expands Fitness Section Focusing on Exercise for People with Disabil...

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...

US sheriffs suspended for dumping a paralysed man

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...

Employers take crash victims' cash

"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...

Haunted House Murder

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...

World record attempt on Kilimanjaro

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...

UPDATE: Caught Doping: Canadian Paralympic Athlete Suspended

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...

Terrifying 50 mph Wheelchair Ride - Listen to 9-1-1 Calls

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,...

'Boy Racer' Head Teacher Jailed

"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...

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