Community letters: From gambling councilman to airport tipping Aug 19, 2010
When my brother and sister-in-law, who have health issues, flew in from Florida, an assistant put them in wheelchairs at the plane, brought them to the baggage area, helped me find their luggage and get it off the carousel. The assistant wheeled my guests out across to the parking area help me put them in our auto. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Groups call for improved accessibility for disabled Aug 19, 2010
They said the road blocks are there to prevent scooters from entering, but they also block wheelchairs, Huang said. When her organization took a group of about 40 people on wheelchairs to a hiking trail along the northeastern coast, she said, volunteers, and even coast guard members, had to carry the wheelchairs over the road blocks ... Liu Chun-lin (BT), a father of two children who need wheelchairs, said it was no small irony that his children could only move around without trouble... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
DALE GUMBERT | PHOTO ABOVE: Harry Lyons, FRA Branch 77 treasurer, opens the Southwest Regional Convention of the Fleet Reserve Association at the Clarion Hotel in Tucson. Lyons chaired the event Aug. 6-7. Aug 18, 2010
Medical care is free, including surgeries, prostheses, wheelchairs, walkers, orthotics or whatever the child needs, Fitzsimmons says. Eneyda Guadalupe Lupita Montes first visited the clinic at age 2, with feet so deformed that doctors determined she would never walk. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Tree of Lights presents check to PMH Auxiliary Aug 17, 2010
This money has been used to purchase three wheelchairs for the emergency department, surgery and ambulatory care. Also pictured (left) is Kristi Warren, Tree of Lights Committee member. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes Aug 17, 2010
Some pilgrims came to this year's ceremonies in wheelchairs, others supported by loved ones. During the bomb scare, many pilgrims waited just outside the gates to the large territory that includes the shrine and adjoining church buildings. (USA Today -- News)
Children's group enjoys Angels game Aug 17, 2010
So the 150 kids in wheelchairs, traveling with ventilators, feeding tubes, oxygen tanks and other medical apparatus, came to the stadium with medical support from the Angels' emergency medical technicians, but more important, the vast medical support that Kids of Courage provides ... "They're just so comfortable, even with their feeding tubes and wheelchairs, just cheering on the players, doing the wave and for the rest of the game they're going to be loud and having an amazing time. A lot of... (MLB.com -- Anaheim Angels)
Keeping Score Aug 16, 2010
"They don't have the kind of wheelchairs we're used to, and the makeshift wheelchairs they do have don't work very well on dirt roads.". Thomas, the 1986 world champion and a two-time U.S. national champion, says her Olympic experience of long ago helps her on a daily basis in medicine. (USA Today -- Sports)
ADA: 20 years of giving the disabled some leverage Aug 15, 2010
Accommodations are also being made to enable people in wheelchairs to travel by air, he said. I think (the ADA) helps with stirring up the good graces of people, Clarkson said. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Sisters strength shown in her attitude and abilities Aug 14, 2010
Katie had a particularly aggressive form of MS. After she was diagnosed, she used a cane to get around, then the cane turned into a walker and the walker into a motorized scooter, and then a series of increasingly sophisticated motorized wheelchairs. She lived in Tucson for many years. (New Iberia, LA)
Town Senior Construction Manager Wade Newsom stands outside a mud-filled tunnel that runs under Sahuarita Road. Inside, Town Construction Inspector Carlos Suarez checks it out. Photo by Brittany Walz/The Sahuarita Sun Aug 12, 2010
The ramps cover a lot of ground because they had to be designed to bring wheelchairs and other vehicles down the 15 feet in a slope that is gradual enough to be safe and to meet handicap accessibility rules, Newsom said. Suarez and Newsom agreed the mud should not be a recurring problem. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Ripken to toss out the first soil Cal Ripken Jr. to kick off construction of youth baseball fields in Fredericksburg. Aug 7, 2010
The field will have more rubberized turf to make it more accessible to wheelchairs and crutches; larger, on-grade dugouts; and adjustable fence posts, to make it adaptable for all kinds of youth baseball and softball games. Foundation board member Mike Adams said children with disabilities currently playing in a local Challenger Division league--an affiliate of Little League--must play on standard dirt fields, leading to safety problems for the kids and maintenance problems for the fields. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Tom Thumb customers and employees send kids to MDA summer camp (15) Aug 5, 2010
MDA camp programs offer a unique experience for young people, ages six to 17 years, who have limited mobility or use wheelchairs because of a neuromuscular disease ... Tom Thumb pharmacists volunteer to review and check in medications at camp departure, a local store creates delicious lunches for campers at camp send off and the company donates the use an 18-wheeler to transport camper wheelchairs and other equipment from downtown Dallas to Meridian, Texas and back. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Lapses & weaknesses in management of public funds in some ministries, govt agencies Aug 4, 2010
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Fire Sweeps Old Age Home In South Africa, 18 Dead Aug 3, 2010
Family members who gathered outside the home Monday said survivors, many of them disabled and in wheelchairs, were rescued in their pajamas and lost their clothing and belongings. Zweli Dlamini, a district official, said DNA tests were needed to identify some of the victims who were burned beyond recognition. (CBS News -- World)
Fire kills 18 at S.African home for elderly Aug 2, 2010
Survivors appeared frail and confused as they sat in wheelchairs waiting for assistance. A security guard told local radio that he battled to rescue the residents. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Home medical equipment could become harder to get Jul 31, 2010
One of the most troubling and misleading schemes scheduled to take effect soon is the Medicare "competitive" bidding program for home medical equipment and services, which includes oxygen therapy, wheelchairs, hospital beds and other durable medical equipment used at home. This bidding program is designed to eliminate most of the home medical equipment providers in the U.S., even if they bid low to provide home medical equipment and services. (NJ.com -- Times)
For disabled on capital roads hurdles remain Jul 31, 2010
The low-floor buses are disabled-friendly but are rarely used by people in wheelchairs. Reason: There are few bus stands in the city equipped with well-constructed ramps which help people board buses. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Sniff-Controlled Keyboards, Wheelchairs Invented Jul 29, 2010
The researchers did not have locked-in patients try the electric wheelchairs, as their slow response times might have made the trips unsafe. Sniff Device a "Low-Tech Solution". (National Geographic)
Disabled face long waits for living aids in west and south Jul 29, 2010
The charity runs its own equipment pool, with top-up funds from the state government, to supply wheelchairs to people with the disease during the short time they are able to use them. Mr Opie said he was discussing with other groups representing people with degenerative diseases the possibility of sharing the private equipment pool. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
How rights of disabled have changed in 20 years Jul 29, 2010
It's because of the ADA that people in wheelchairs have spots reserved for them in movie theaters and sports venues and that there is better support for deaf or blind people in classrooms and offices ... He thinks he might be able to make a living out of developing this technology for other people in wheelchairs. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Weight Issues Move Up Need for Walkers, Canes, Other Devices Jul 29, 2010
ScienceDaily (July 28, 2010) Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, according to new research from Purdue University. "Baby Boomers are coming of age and obesity is an epidemic for this population as well," said Karis Pressler, a doctoral student in sociology and gerontology and the project's lead author. (Science Daily)
Success fueled by discrimination Jul 28, 2010
Drivers underwent rigorous training that involved sitting in wheelchairs themselves and pushing their way up ramps and into buses. Many of the drivers couldn't even do it, Talbot said. (CNN -- Health)
Invention Enables People With Disabilities Communicate and Steer a Wheelchair by Sniffing Jul 28, 2010
ScienceDaily (July 27, 2010) A unique device based on sniffing -- inhaling and exhaling through the nose -- might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or communicate with their loved ones ... In addition to communication, the device can function as a sort of steering mechanism for wheelchairs: Two successive sniffs in tell it to go forward, two out mean reverse, out and then in turn it left, and in and out turn it right. (Science Daily)
Local Man Wins Lawsuit Against Chipotle Jul 28, 2010
The court ruled Chipotle, specifically two of its locations in San Diego, violated the Americans with Disabilites Act because the wall at the counter was too tall for people in wheelchairs to see over, to pick out their ingredients and to see their food being prepared ... A trial court had ruled against Antoninetti, saying Chipotle's policy of showing samples to people in wheelchairs was enough. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
ADA Vs. Chipotle Jul 28, 2010
Seems the 45-inch walls between customers and the food-preparation areas prevent people in wheelchairs from "fully participating in the selection and preparation of their order," as Judge Daniel Friedman put it. In short, Friedman wrote for the court, the wall "significantly reduced" the "ability to enjoy the Chipotle experience.". (Investors Business Daily)
Sniffing Device Allows Disabled to Write, Run Wheelchairs Jul 28, 2010
MONDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) -- An Israeli research team has harnessed the power of the sniff to help severely disabled people play computer games, express themselves through writing and even move around in wheelchairs. The experimental "sniff controller" takes advantage of the fact that cranial nerves in disabled people are often not damaged and are still able to send messages to the soft palate (the back of the roof of the mouth). (MEDLINEplus)
BASEBALL HALL OF FAME Jul 27, 2010
Broadcasters' wing celebrates Miller's hunger for the game. Chronicle News Services. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Posey lifts Giants to sweep Jul 27, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle July 26, 2010 04:00 AM. Monday, July 26, 2010. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Vehicle designed for wheelchair users Jul 26, 2010
Vehicle designed 'from the ground up' for people in wheelchairs - CNN.com ... Vehicle designed 'from the ground up' for people in wheelchairs ... Smaller than your typical passenger van converted to handle wheelchairs, the MV-1 will be rated as a car, standing about five-feet tall. (CNN)
Vehicle designed 'from the ground up' for people in wheelchairs Jul 26, 2010
Smaller than your typical passenger van converted to handle wheelchairs, the MV-1 will be rated as a car, standing about five-feet tall. The 36-inch door opening and access ramp complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, while fitting nearly every size wheelchair. (CNN -- Tech)
Accessibility compliance still an issue for disabled Jul 26, 2010
Thousands of pedestrian ramps across Boston remain impassable to people using wheelchairs, their slopes too steep or their curbs improperly hewn ... They say they have set aside hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair the problems on Huntington Avenue and other city streets and that they are making City Hall more accessible by reducing the weight of heavy doors in various chambers and designing a new path across the brick-covered plaza that will be easier to traverse for people in... (Boston Globe)
Linking cities and eras Jul 25, 2010
The plan being developed since the Romney era would keep the same number of vehicle lanes but shave a few inches from each to create slightly bigger bike lanes and sidewalks wide enough for wheelchairs. But several advocacy groups coalesced against that plan, arguing that it fell short of the new state and federal policies aimed at reducing motor vehicle travel to cut carbon emissions and help address an obesity epidemic. (Boston Globe)
Health care supply store opens in Barrow Jul 25, 2010
The medical equipment and supplies facility carries items including hospital beds, lift chairs, nebulizers, oxygen, CPAP, apnea monitors, walkers, canes, manual and power wheelchairs, bathroom safety products, diabetic supplies and more ... The medical equipment and supplies facility carries items including hospital beds, lift chairs, nebulizers, oxygen, CPAP, apnea monitors, walkers, canes, manual and power wheelchairs, bathroom safety products, diabetic supplies and more. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Limiting Flexible Spending Accounts Is Not Effective Health Care Reform Jul 24, 2010
FSA account funds are used to pay for items as diverse as medical office co-payments, wheelchairs, some diabetic supplies and hearing aids reducing out-of-pocket costs because the FSA funds are not part of the account-holder s taxable income. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, individuals and families battling chronic illnesses have an average of $4,398 per year in out-of-pocket expenses, even if they have health insurance. (Roll Call)
Your views: Letters to the editor (July 21) Jul 21, 2010
Would the city be willing to make it a pedestrian crossing, because clients walk, ride bicycles and use wheelchairs. Before the City Council proceeds with a plan to relocate Daily Bread to the Sarno site, I suggest they each walk across this intersection from all four directions during a weekday lunch hour. (Florida Today)
Passengers with disability still missing the plane Jul 20, 2010
But change the conveyance from prams to wheelchairs, and one twin would not fly on Jetstar. So why, in a free and equal Australia, are we practising wheelchair apartheid. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
T still pursuing ways to stop illegal parking at bus stops Jul 18, 2010
The state last year enacted a law and mounted a public relations campaign to discourage motorists from parking at bus stops, calling it a civil rights issue because many riders with wheelchairs, strollers, or sight impairments can board safely only when a bus is able to pull flush with the curb. The law replaced a sporadically enforced ticketing system and fines that varied from town to town with a new statewide fine, set at $100. (Boston Globe)
Want to lend a helping hand? Jul 18, 2010
One day this past summer, I commented that the wheelchairs needed to be washed ... Soon after that, we had clean wheelchairs, all with thanks to Joseph and his crew of six,; she said. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
A GVR family center? Jul 18, 2010
Sharon Hoffman wrote on Jul 12, 2010 6:46 PM:" I have been in Green Valley over 34 years and it still amazes me that people living in the area and having raised children,no longer want to be bothered by their presence. I had my grandchildren yelled at and told they don't belong,more times than I can finally tolerate. Now it is raising its ugly head once again. Maybe it's time to tell these "old fools" that we don't like their loud,drunken friends either. They seem to have come here thinking they... (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
New Bionic Legs Help Man Walk Jul 17, 2010
Burns and scrapes heal faster, and he's dodging bladder infections that afflict many in wheelchairs. Copyright. (KIRO TV, WA)
New Treatment for Crippling Diabetic Charcot Foot Jul 17, 2010
Patients typically have to use wheelchairs and are confined to the first story of the house for as long as nine months. And after the cast comes off, they must wear a cumbersome leg brace. (Science Daily)
How families and coteries are ruining disabled sports Jul 15, 2010
Most teams don't even have basic sports equipment such as the swimming team not have approved swimming costumes or the table tennis team does not have wheelchairs. Despite these malpractices being pretty obvious in the team lists for each sport submitted by PCI to the ministry as Long Term Development Plan 2010, the sports ministry seems oblivious to it and the allocation to these federations has been rising steadily every year going from about Rs 10 lakh in 2005 to over Rs 5 crore in 2010. (India Times, India)
South Florida Medicare cheats switch strategies to elude feds Jul 15, 2010
FBI supervisory special agent Randy Culp, who joined the nation's first Medicare strike force in South Florida in March 2007, said the majority of fraud prosecutions still involve medical equipment such as powered wheelchairs, HIV medical services and home health care for diabetics. But federal agents now are investigating more physical and occupational therapy schemes and looking at potential criminal cases against mental health centers, he said. (The Palm Beach Post)
Taking advantage of global solutions Carolyn Chase, 52, founded her own computer company in the 1980s and two nonprofit organizations, Earth Works, which runs the annual Earth Fair in ... Jul 12, 2010
It had a kitchen with flexible countertops, high-tech wheelchairs, even a high-tech toilet. It had a seat that would go up and down and help somebody with limited mobility get on and off it. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Whatever happened to: The stuff the TSA seizes at the airport Jul 10, 2010
Spillable Batteries -- except those in wheelchairs. Spray Paint. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Real Class acts at Newport Jul 9, 2010
I liked tennis, and saw some guys in wheelchairs knocking balls around. I went at it. (Boston Globe)
New Haven Opens Cooling Centers To Help Residents Beat The Heat Jul 6, 2010
The following locations will serve as "cooling centers" for seniors in New Haven: These Cooling Center Locations will be open until 4:00 PM: Atwater Senior Center at 26 Atwater Street, New Haven Dixwell/Newhallville Senior Center at 255 Goffe Street, New Haven (People with wheelchairs will need assistance to help travel up ramp) East Shore Senior Center at 411 Townsend Avenue, New Haven. The following location will serve as a "cooling center" for the general public: This Cooling Center... (FOX61, CT)
At nearly 90, Grace is still amazing Jul 4, 2010
Some have been in wheelchairs, on feeding tubes, or IVs ... At one point, there were three foster children under the age of 6, all in wheelchairs. (Boston Globe)
Dental institute offers lower-cost services Jul 4, 2010
The clinic features a pediatric wing, oral-surgery stations and a suite that accommodates wheelchairs. Midwestern can handle all but the most extreme cases, said Russell Gilpatrick, dean of the College of Dental Medicine. (AZCentral -- News)
Our "Independence" or Obama's Control? Jul 4, 2010
Which is a pretty sick joke considering these poor folks will be rolling their wheelchairs right into some of the damnedest potholes I've ever seen. Obviously we've been robbed. (Townhall.com)
Volunteer opportunities Jul 3, 2010
Answer the phone; assist elderly participants with coats and hats, walkers, canes and wheelchairs. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hours and days are flexible. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Aquatics class offers safe exercise Jul 1, 2010
She has seen people in wheelchairs graduate to walkers and driving, she said. Rivers said the class members are very thankful to the city of Yuma for making the activity available and providing lifeguards. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Parked cars still block access to T bus stops, despite new law Jun 28, 2010
Governor Deval Patrick signed the Bus Stop Access Law last year with fanfare, and it was celebrated by T riders with wheelchairs, strollers, or sight impairments who rely on buses pulling flush with the curb so they can board safely ... They allow people to park indiscriminately at bus stops and that prevents people in wheelchairs and on crutches from getting on buses, said Haynes, citing what he called complete disregard for the law in some areas. (Boston Globe)
A nation under post-traumatic stress Jun 28, 2010
Troops come home in bags or wheelchairs. Individual PTSD is back. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Why I Made the Effort! Jun 25, 2010
After all of the years I have attended the Relay for Life I am in awe of all of the survivors in their purple shirts and even more heartbreaking, seeing the children with purple shirts and there seem to be more each year - also the people who are in wheelchairs who braved the heat to make their lap and show the world they are winners. As my friend Judy and her grandson Braden watch Daddy and Po Po take their lap and 3-year-old Braden is clapping and dancing and waiting to release Daddy's... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Fishing pier reborn after $5M makeover Jun 23, 2010
Reichman, who also owns the Irish Pub restaurant on Harrison Street in Titusville, has ambitious plans for the pier site, which is specially designed to offer access to fisherman and shrimpers who use wheelchairs. In addition to the restaurant and adjacent tiki bar, he and Hunter will operate an ice cream stand, a snack bar and a bait-and-tackle shop there where people can rent shrimping poles with nets, rent lights and buy electric power for their lights. (Florida Today)
Ex-Catamount reaches mountaintop in NHL Jun 20, 2010
It s about giving them the opportunity the opportunity to get out of their wheelchairs. (For more info on Journey Forward, visit. (Boston Globe)
Lacrosse league is rolling Jun 20, 2010
But for these particular players, its also a display of ingenuity, determination and pride because theyre playing the game in wheelchairs ... Even more than the doctors and nurses, it was the other guys in wheelchairs who gave me the information I needed and really showed me how to do things after my injury ... About two weeks later, we had eight guys in wheelchairs with sticks playing lacrosse on a tennis court. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Centennial rethinks sidewalks Jun 19, 2010
"People in wheelchairs -- it definitely bothers them when they have to go off the sidewalk and get back up on the sidewalk somehow," he said. Code enforcement manager Susie Ellis said she recently got a call from a mail carrier about just such obstructions, one of about a half-dozen such complaints she received that week. (Denver Post)
Letter from an editor Jun 14, 2010
But for every healthy 95-year-old, don't overlook those of that age and older who are sitting propped up in wheelchairs, or confined to bed, wishing to die, but unable to be released. Remember the lines of Edwin Arlington Robinson from "Tristram" (1927). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Vietnam, US still in conflict over Agent Orange burden Jun 13, 2010
Gai s children both with twisted limbs and in wheelchairs were born in a village that was drenched with Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. She believes their health problems were caused by dioxin, a highly toxic chemical in the herbicide, which US troops used to strip communist forces of ground cover and food. (Boston Globe)
KBA awards $73K to Wichita business Jun 11, 2010
KBA says the chair offers improved function, superior materials, advanced design and computer-automated machining that replaces the manual labor involved in conventional wheelchairs. The award is part of the KBA s effort to help Kansas companies that are working to commercialize innovative medical devices that will improve treatment options for patients. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Pet Talk: Therapy dog makes patients smile, owner proud Jun 10, 2010
First, Jasper works the folks in the waiting room, positioning himself to give each person even when there are walkers or wheelchairs the best access for the fullest connection with him. He loves them all: little kids, pale and scared as they sit with dad, there for radiation; young women who never for a second imagined they'd be fighting breast cancer in their late 20s; ranchers in dungarees who drive their trucks 200 miles for chemo. (USA Today -- Life)
New Intervention to Reduce Self-Stigma Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness Jun 8, 2010
"Just like wheelchairs and Braille have increased social integration for people with physical handicaps, there is also a need to identify and remove the barriers to community inclusion for people with serious mental illness," says Prof. Roe, Chair of the Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences at the University of Haifa who led the study together with his colleagues from the US -- Professors Paul H. Lysaker from Indiana University School of Medicine,... (Science Daily)
The right's Helen Thomas hypocrisy Jun 8, 2010
By contrast, the Rachel Corrie -- loaded with wheelchairs, medical supplies and cement -- was carrying just 11 passengers from Ireland and Malaysia, whose effort was mainly sponsored by the Free Gaza movement, a Cyprus-based group that has renounced violence. Palmor said the cargo would be inspected in Ashdod and permitted goods could be transferred to Gaza. (Salon)
