Downhill Wheelchair

It is your average wheel chair, the front wheel is small, the back wheel is bigger.

Thanks for your time!

the velocity of the wheels is the same, but the surface of the small wheels is rotating faster as they have less area to cover.

2009-02-15 22:29:13 by scoobyscooby87

Well - no further comment - just watch and enjoy :-)

my brother is so tall now that my mother and i have a hard time pushing him if there is an incline or decline, we aren't strong enough to push him uphill and we lose control if it goes downhill. this prevents us from taking him a lot of places. we need to have some sort of motorized wheelchair that the person pushing can control because he is too developmentally disabled to be able to drive and steer himself.

They call it an attendant control. It is very possible.

2009-10-16 17:31:25 by B.

I'm the project foreman for a memorial garden that is going to be constructed this spring/summer. We need to construct a wheelchair-accessible walkway from the parking lot to the garden. It is probably about 300 feet of walkway, mostly going slightly downhill. It is located in Southern Wisconsin, exposed to full sun all day, so it needs to stand up to the weather conditions. I have done some research on concrete and asphalt, and I'm thinking a wooden walkway might be cheapest and easiest to build. It would be in the ground for the most part, and possibly elevated slightly to ease the slope downhill so it is up to code.

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on this. Is wood the best way to go, considering the slope? Is pouring concrete on a slope difficult? How much maintenance can we expect to do with wood, asphalt and concrete? If a wood walkway, is there a paint or sealer we can get locally that will seal it very well, provide some traction and withstand direct sun? Thanks!

This article gives hints and tips about creating a wheelchair ramp. Maybe you can use some of the ideas when creating your walkway:

2008-03-14 14:45:07 by Chrissy

Price: $13.00 $9.63

I want to ride down the hill surrounding my house. Ive been using bikes but thats not as fun now.

Ive considered a lot of thiings to ride down on. like wheelchairs,ripstick, skateboard, roller blades.

But whats something really fun.

longboard. The right board and right hill and you can easily hit 50mph.

2008-07-12 12:44:15 by sceiv

Could anyone familiar with MS patients suggest ideas on how to provide entertainment for them?

This person has primary progressive MS (the worst severe kind). She is partially blind, unable to respond, completely paralyzed, and bedridden most of her day. She (obviously) has a feeding tube, so she can't even enjoy meals or drinks.

What's so sad is that she used to be a ballet dancer, talented singer/musician, and writer. She won numerous scholarships that she never got to use. She developed MS in her early 20s, and was in a wheelchair by 23. She went downhill quickly from there and never recovered. Her first love stopped visiting, as did most of her friends. Sadly, she can still hear just fine, and she knows what's going on around her, but just can't respond. People assume she's mentally handicapped or a vegetable, so they don't really communicate with her. It's so sad.

I am almost never able to visit this person often as I live far away. I want to hire someone to do something nice for her. She loves music, and her nurses often put on music videos for her to listen to. But that's not enough. I was thinking of:

-A massage therapy visit with aromatherapy session (I am not sure if she has tactile sensation loss or not).
-A choir/singer/musician to play for her.
-A reader

What else could I do that she might enjoy?
Note that she is still relatively young.
Allan, she is beyond "alternative" treatment, sorry to say. There is nothing left to try, unfortunately. She has severe permanent damage. It's like asking to grow her a new set of arms, legs, and spinal cord at this point.
But thanks anyway for trying to help.

I can personally recommend music - choir music CD's and classical is very moving & beautiful (imo). Baroque and the *early* Romantic periods are those w/ less intense volume ranges, tones, and melodies. That could be a beautiful experience for her! Books on tape or CD are a possibility for her as well. I know a couple of ladies who cannot see well enough to read, but regularly get books on CD. They love it.

I assume that your friend is getting physical therapy, for range of motion and flexability. That helps a lot. She may be legally blind, but not completely. Therefore, she may very well see figures and slight shapes. It sounds as though she is in a care center. Is that correct? The facility caring for your friend likely has a clear understanding of her abilities and her disabilities. Research shows that the more emphasis we put on supporting a patient's abilities, the greater the the results. There should also be an activities department there. Activities departments work towards developing activities and techniques to give the patient an enjoyable life. They work very hard and are devoted to the residents, really. Encourage her family to keep her involved in activities when possible.

When you bring up your friend's experience, I wonder if you've seen these things yourself or if that's what has been told to you.. Perahaps by her family? The less involved friends & family are in a patients life (regardless of reason), the higher chances of depression. Those who are seen often may also become depressed of course, but less significantly than others.

While your friend is very young, try to come up with more effective support techniques. She can still live for many years, without misery. The music and books on CD - or talking with her on tape - can all be done to make her life so much happier! Best wishes!

2009-01-13 19:22:27 by reginachick22