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Filming marginalized, disenfranchised, and downtrodden people from a privileged position brings with it complex considerations, but documenting the lives of the homeless is particularly tricky ethical terrain, inviting as it does the pitfalls of condescension and exploitation—“The Onion” perhaps summed up the dilemma best: “Area Photo 201 Students All Take Pictures of Same Homeless Guy.” …

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Poor Dick Cheney. It can\’t be easy being the most unpopular VP ever. Even Ex-Pres Bush seemed to snub him in the end when he…

A semi tractor trailer struck a motorized scooter last night in Henderson, Ky., killing the driver of the scooter. The name of the victim has not been released pending notification of relatives. Kentucky State Police said Earl Buckner, 69, of Yale, Ill., was traveling south on the U.S. 41 Bypass near the Zion exit at 11:20 p.m. when he rear-ended the scooter. The victim was thrown from the …

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The purpose of this study was to conduct a review of available literature from 1966-2006 to identify the risks and benefits associated with lap belts while seated in wheelchairs. Twenty-five studies that met the inclusion criteria were …

Take the time to compare options when buying a power wheelchair; it is an important purchase and you need to take several factors into account. Different models are best for different disabilities, different spaces through which the …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the use of power wheelchairs and to determine if multiple measures of mobility and occupancy jointly provide a more comprehensive picture of wheelchair usage and daily activity in full-time power wheelchairs …

The cynic in me could not help but envision dancer France Geoffroy recuperating the image by coming out onstage in her wheelchair and rolling over the flower. Johanne Madore’s Le Baiser is the product of Corpuscule Danse, …