Wheelchair Sports For The Disabled
Electric wheelchairs can be used for extreme sports too! Electric wheelchair extreme sport was designed for people who depends on used electric wheelchair for mobility. There are individual as well as team sports, from electric wheelchairtennis to even rugby, hockey and soccer.
Things have definitely changed over the years.Technology innovations in the disabled sports arena from titanium and magnesium-framed wheelchairs customized for the individual user to prosthetic limbs with microchips in them to learnthe person’s movements. We have had people breaking all the barriers that were set before us by both people disabled and able-bodied alike. All electric wheelchair users should enjoy extreme wheelchair sports.
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Fencing Their Way, and Loving ItNew York Times - Oct 12, 2009
After rejecting opportunities to play wheelchair hockey, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis, Bianca was excited to attend a fencing demonstration and more »
Detroit Free Press - Oct 20, 2009
Marathon '09: Some of our favorite marathon momentsBut the marathon medical team was there to wrap them in space blankets (tinfoil) and offer them the use of a wheelchair. Kyle Dorcey, 28, of West Bloomfield and more »International Falls Daily Journal - Oct 01, 2009
the first insulin pump; the AutoSyringe for medical applications; and an all-terrain electric wheelchair known as the iBOT among many other innovations.guardian.co.uk - Oct 03, 2009
10.03am They do have two paralympic representatives on stage, the bloke with the bad accent, who is blind, and a woman in a wheelchair. and more »
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Oct 16, 2009
Bowling with soft equipment, target toss, basketball, wheelchair obstacle course, noodle hockey and a trivia quiz were. The seniors' calm faces belied their and more »Gloucester Daily Times - Oct 16, 2009
Proof 'positive' Disabled hockey player Travis Roy brings attitude to Rockport"I sit in this chair from 7:30 am to 10 pm" He demonstrated how the wheelchair changes position to help his body avoid pressure sores.Vancouver Sun - Oct 09, 2009
The night Badger Bob, stricken with cancer, paralyzed on one side of his body, confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak, being transferred via ambulance and more »
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