Tag: Wheelchairs
Toyota Donates Sienna Rampvan to Paralyzed Veterans of America
WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) today received the donation of a 2004 Toyota Sienna Rampvan from Toyota Motor...
Uncharted waters
Tim Swieckowski is a quadriplegic, but a specially designed boat allows him to be one of the few who sail on their own.
SAND KEY...
A trip on the bay unlike any other
Monterey Bay Veterans runs two annual fishing derbies for the disabled
Dorothy Patton has been fishing Monterey Bay for 42 years. Hooked at the age...
Spinal cord patient optimistic about future
POCATELLO - Neil Maberry, victim of a mountain biking accident, believes he is going to walk again.
"I have faith that within about three years...
WHEELCHAIR GAMES ATHLETES SAY
After watching a quadriplegic man compete at a water skiing event several years ago, Tim Giroux of Flint knew there were very few limits...
Redevelopment Plans for Lower Manhattan to be Recognized for Accessibility
WASHINGTON, Apr 14, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), a national veterans' service and Disability rights organization, in recognizing...
Soldiers connect with veterans
Employees from Headquarters, TRADOC visit the local VA Hospital spinal cord unit for an afternoon of games, fun
First-time visitors to the Hampton VA Medical...
A man of motion
Jonathan Dehaas doesn't remember the motorcycle accident that robbed him of the use of his legs.
The first time he opened his eyes after the...
Their lives go on
When 40-year-old Mindy Idaspe learned she would never walk again due to a spinal cord injury in 2002, she was heartbroken. A nurse and...
Gahanna resident wins Ms. Wheelchair Ohio
MIRIAM SEGALOFF - Enterprise Staff Writer
Before her tragic accident nearly six years ago, Gahanna resident Rosemarie Rossetti had never considered entering a pageant, let...
