Tag: Mobility
IndyCar owner Sam Schmidt chosen to unveil innovative hand, foot-free Corvette
HENDERSON, Nev. – A 1999 IndyCar sits inside Sam Schmidt’s Las Vegas-area home. One day, Schmidt, who is a quadriplegic, hopes to drive it...
Utah Prom Queen Gives Crown to Special Needs Student
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d9FrkHwLSM
Vote for Kendra Muller: May is Mobility Awareness month! Please vote every day, you can get two votes a day by answering a easy...
Man’s idea for big wheels lets him hit the sand rolling
VIRGINIA BEACH Bill Fertig struggled with beach vacations for years. A motorcycle wreck 14 years ago left him a paraplegic. On a trip to...
The Upsee by Firefly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB5jCa3D33A
Our products make lives better. Firefly is about special needs family participation, helping more children take part in special family moments.
The Upsee is an...
Tongue piercing lets paralysed drive wheelchairs
An experimental device is letting paralysed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction.
Key to this wireless system: Users get...
Learn how to protect your passengers in just 5 minutes!
http://youtu.be/jcxVlh1lHA4
Revised Guidelines from ANSI/RESNA for Safe Wheelchair Securement with Dr. Larry Schneider (UMTRI)
UAB students invent a wheelchair that helps children with disabilities get moving
http://vimeo.com/73786946
When Jennifer Sheppard learned that University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering and School of Business students created a motorized wheelchair for 1- to...
Guide For Disabled Cruisers
This guide has been put together to offer assistance to those travelling on a cruise with a disability or if travelling with someone with...
On anniversary of accident, paralyzed Severn man hopes for independence
There are moments in time that can forever alter your life. Evan Cronhardt’s life changed its course on April 10, 2008 as he was...
Aiming high: Young accident victim keeps up his studies and his attitude
BUTTE — Who hasn’t done what Calven Goza did? But unlike so many, Goza paid a steep price.
On May 3, 2012, Goza, a student...
