At about 5 p.m. every Wednesday, the North Georgia Screamin Eagles start gearing up to practice one of the rarest sports in the state of Georgia. Unlike other sports teams, the Screamin Eagles have no need for special shoes that make them run faster or jump higher.
January 24, 2008
Reader tech ideas: Disability aids, sensors in bloodstream (CNN.com)
Technology is always changing and improving, but CNN.com readers say these changes may need to take different forms and focus on different things.
CES 2008: Tank Chair; the mother of all wheelchairs (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Can out pace a golf cart … supposedly
Wheel Chair Batteries
AGM wheelchair batteries are also more ideal because of their charge and discharge rates. Charging an AGM battery is similar to most standard batteries, so there is no need for a special charger, and there are no problems with …
Power wheelchair soccer team carries the legacy of its founder in …
… the rarest sports in the state of Georgia. Unlike other sports teams, the Screamin Eagles have no need for special shoes that make them run faster or jump higher. They only need eight guys, a soccer ball, charged batteries and a guard.
January 14, 2008 (University of Washington Daily)
However you spell it, Seattle’s new streetcar line provides downtown commuters with a viable alternative to driving.
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NHS worker claimed to be wheelchair-bound in £100,000 ‘Little Britain’ benefit fraud (Evening Standard)
An NHS worker claimed to be wheelchair-bound to steal £100,000 in benefit payments. In a scam said to have mirrored a sketch in comedy series Little Britain, Kato Soloman was given a specially-adapted house with wheelchair access after he told council officials he couldn’t walk.
Life From A Wheelchair (Hartford Courant)
Three Cameras Capture A Different Perspective Gretchen Berland, a former producer for the PBS science series “Nova” before she went back to school for her medical degree, was interested in how day-to-day life really is for the 1.6 million Americans in wheelchairs.
Disabled Kentuckians rally for funding (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear said he wouldn’t forget the “most vulnerable” as his administration decides how to balance an estimated $600 million budget shortfall. But his words did little to reassure Jaime Blanton, a woman wearing a tiara who rolled up to the governor in her wheelchair as he left the Frankfort Convention Center Wednesday morning. “Particularly in times of financial crisis, we …