Tag: Wheelchairs
Quadriplegic clash on wheels in full-contact rugby
DURHAM – The ease with which the competitors zipped up and down the court made one almost forget they're missing something most sports players...
Handgun surcharge urged for research
Paralyzed patients, advocates make plea
MacArthur Williams was shot in Roxbury as he changed a tire on his Hyundai so he could go to work...
Life in wheelchair doesn’t mean life without sex
WASHINGTON: One of the first fears that many who've lost their legs confront is the possible loss of their sex life. Thanks to technology...
Pete and Liz Fordred
In March 1982, Pete and Liz Fordred began an incredible 18-month sailing adventure across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to Florida. They sailed by...
Paralyzed man donates $1M
Tim Reynolds is not just any ordinary guy. He has it all — a wife and three children, a house overlooking the Navesink River,...
Disabled students find Western’s Hill accessible
Rob Scott has to get up the Hill, hunt for a parking spot and get to class on time.
The Bowling Green sophomore does all...
Beware the chair
Travis Oldhouser proves Quad rugby isn't for the scared, soft or squeamish
PHILADELPHIA - Metal slammed into metal in the middle of the gym.
Bodies...
Designers roll out their latest lines: Chic wheelchairs
If you can't stand up, stand out.
That has been Marilyn Hamilton's motto ever since she was paralyzed from the waist down in a hang-gliding...
Christopher Reeve Foundation Awards Over $700,000 in Quality of Life Grants
SHORT HILLS, N.J., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher Reeve Foundation (CRF) announced today that it has awarded $717,404 in Quality of Life grants...
Rolling with style
A group of specially designed wheelchairs built in Fresno rolled down a New York fashion runway during the city's renowned Fashion Week as part...
