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The Beginning of Wheelchair Sports

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While historians find that primitive societies had sports, it has not been until recently that wheelchair sports have emerged. Wheelchair sports have evolved because they meet some of the basic needs of the disabled and because wheelchair sports are assumed to play an important role in the rehabilitation process. Wheelchair sports were initiated in the […]

Researchers study how to prevent wheelchair users’ repetitive stress injuries.

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The wheelchair that had been Lucy Spruill’s friend for 30 years helping her achieve a master’s degree, a career, a home and a family turned against her. Spruill learned three years ago at age 50 that she gradually had torn the tendons in both shoulders in part because she pushed improperly. “I couldn’t raise my hands to comb my […]

Website Tells You How Many Times You’ll See Your Parents Before They Die

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“We’re so busy growing up we sometimes we forget that they are also growing old.” That’s the tagline of See Your Folks, a new website that uses life expectancy data from the World Health Organization to determine how many visits one will get in with their parents before they pass. That’s right: The “they” in question […]

Back in 2005: Ms. Wheelchair can stand, stripped of her title

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Ms. Wheelchair can stand, so she’s stripped of her title A new Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin has been crowned after pageant leaders stripped the original winner of the title when she appeared in a newspaper photograph standing up. The announcement of the new winner Tuesday came amid protests over pageant officials’ decision last week to take the crown […]

Safer Travel for Wheelchair Users

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Six years ago, a twenty-one-year-old man from Michigan, received national media coverage by escaping an extreme high-speed highway accident, when his power wheelchair got jammed in the front of a semi-truck. He survived the incident but incited a question for many people, are wheelchair users travelling safe in their vehicle? Millions of people who remain […]

Obamacare sites cost more than all social media websites combined

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An array of issues surrounding the recently launched websites for President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act have rendered them largely unavailable during the last week, and a lack of funding might not be to blame. With the official launch of so-called Obamacare last Tuesday, millions of Americans flocked instantly to brand new Web portals where […]

How is this possible? Electric Tank-Wheelchair Hybrid

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With winter on the way, it’s time to reassess what new, strange ways you can tackle the fluffy white stuff. Look no further than der Ziesel. The unlikely offspring of a wheelchair and a tank, the Ziesel is the latest project from Mattro, an Austria-based mobility company that specializing in mounting off-road tracks to custom built vehicles […]

8 Cool Wheelchair Costumes for kids and their wheelchairs

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Halloween is an eventful time of the year for many people, especially for children, as they look forward to one of their favorite days of the year. Halloween presents an opportunity for a kid’s imagination to run wild and there isn’t a limit to the amount of creativity that can be displayed in a costume. […]

Wheelchair add-on that makes your wheelchair friendlier

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Designer Tammy Kalinsky completed the project as her senior thesis, on behalf of a friend with cerebal palsey. Design students need to learn a lot in four years—market research, concept development, and prototyping—to name a few skills. However, empathy is one of the trickiest to pick up. Designer Tammy Kalinsky’s senior thesis, a wheelchair accessory […]