wheelchairs
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hotsummer
@hotsummer (13919)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
And the wheelchair has not been used at all since it was bought 5 years back and it's just taking space on the first floor. I'm planning to just bring it to the room upstairs where we have bigger space. And so I don't know if I...
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Thoroughrob
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
27 May 10
My son goes to public school. He is in a multi-handicap classroom. They had planned a trip to Cedar Point for yesterday. My son, had surgery a year ago and had rods put in his back. The school aides use a lift to get him out...
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Thoroughrob
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
1 Feb 10
Another discussion on here, made me think to ask a question and start this disussion.
I have a son that is in a wheelchair, He is 15. If we can find bathrooms big enough for his power chair, which bathroom do we use, that will...
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JanetBRudman
@JanetBRudman (158)
• United States
19 Jan 09
What makes you cry or get frustrated, or even outraged?
For me, it's:
1. Movies such as "Love Story," "Beaches," "Message in a Bottle," "An Affair to Remember," and "Return to Me."
2. Killing endangered species. I don't...
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cripfemme
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
15 Jan 09
I am the accessibility co-coordinator of an event in two weeks. My main problem is not with my other co-coordinator (she's awesome) but with certain members of the event organizing committee. I thought I was hired to arrange...
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suspenseful
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
14 Jan 09
I was looking into tours for those with disabilities and it seems that only travel agency that specializes is one in Ontario. Now what about people like my husband who had a stroke and needs a walker? I do not just want his travel...
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nanajanet
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
9 Jan 09
Saving money, staying safe, etc., traveling in Europe
When we were investigating for our trip to Italy this past summer, we looked into ways to save money. Here are a few that I learned that helped us and others that we did do...
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jess368
@jess368 (3368)
• United States
23 Dec 08
I hope these children's perspectives help brighten your day!
1) NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and...
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CAPirani Photography & Art
@capirani (2817)
• United States
5 Oct 08
I have watched this show off and on pretty much my entire adult life. On Wheel of Fortune there have been contestants in wheelchairs, who needed someone to assist with spinning the wheel. On Jeopardy they have had blind...
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highflyingxangel
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
28 Aug 08
I just saw this article link posted on MSN and thought it was rather interesting.
A suit was developed that can get those that are paralyzed out of their wheelchairs and walking again. The inventor is paralyzed himself but...
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suspenseful
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
28 Jul 08
We were at the food court the other day and there was a woman, two girls, and the son. The son was in a wheelchair. He probably had muscular distrophy and I knew someone who had it and I remember that it is mainly a disease that...
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suspenseful
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
7 Jul 08
I was wondering if anyone who has had a stroke, or is otherwise walks with a limp, or anyone who is married to one has had any experience traveling outside of the country. We live in Canada and I was wondering whether we should...
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Sparks
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
3 Jun 08
We gathered on the grassless village green. Shovels at the ready, hoes shiny and bright, wheelchairs oiled and beer on ice in the barrel. The idea was to prep the land for grass seed. I should have left the beer in the pub!
I...
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pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
14 May 08
Let's face it, and be honest, sometimes when we see a severely disabled person we tend to feel sorry for them, thinking what a wasted life. I'm talking about the disabled who may be and will be confined to wheelchairs for the rest...
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Patsie Hatley is Deceased
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Mar 08
Have you ever made a really stupid error through just assuming something and finding out your assumption was really really wrong? My own example was back when I was in my early twenties working as a nurse's aide.I was sent to take...
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