A Unique Manual Wheelchair for Disabled People: “Would You Like to See It?”
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
Philippines
July 4, 2017 11:14pm CST
It has been more than 6 years since I left Tajikistan. I was browsing my external drive and see what I had scavenged photo in Khorazun district. It looks like a small three-wheeled bike for kiddies. The mere fact, it is a manual wheelchair for disabled people.
I had recommended this to parents with children with disabilities. The best option is for them to let the disabled children or adults be functional as possible.
I am confident that this kind of wheelchair is not available in the market or in other countries.
“Have you seen this kind of manually operated wheelchair?”
Image Credit: Shavkat
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12 responses
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
5 Jul 17
You are the first to provide this information. I like it. It is a good thing to know. In fact, unlike the electric ones, this would help them do a cardio workout while getting around and may even help them loose some excess weight. That is a win-win I think.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Jul 17
is that thing battery-operated? for how can it move, kabsat, if it has no foot pedals like that of a bicycle? or is there someone to push the wheelchair? please enlighten me.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
@ridingbet The best way is to do resistance exercises to a person's upper limbs. Since it is where the person can have its strength to use this. The wheelchair is only for the patient.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
@Shavkat hmmm, so it will be tiring when you move the handle. i see the picture up close now. maybe the elderly should be the rider, and a younger person to maneuver the bike, am i right?
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
5 Jul 17
Something like it yes.
Not many of those here.
There are way too many stairs for people with problems so I don´t see them around very often.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
5 Jul 17
@Shavkat
They all should have ramps and lifts for people with problems.
Moms with pushcharis have a really hard time sometimes I know I was one of them.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
21 Aug 17
I think this kind of wheelchair exists in the country during the USSR. But then, when the Soviet Union abruptly moved out from the country. The economy of the country flank too fast. Hopefully, they are producing more and the local people can afford it.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Jul 17
No but I bet it help with muscle tone for the upper body.
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