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College Seniors Designing For Seniors

Gary M. Kaye | Posted 05.14.2013 | Impact
Read More: Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Wheelchairs, Impactx, Robots, Engineering, Aging Technology, Cornell Cup, Impact News
Gary M. Kaye

Some of the teams have already been approached about taking their inventions into commercial development. Others are still in the relatively early design stages. But collectively they show that many of today's engineering students have a social conscience.

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Dancing On Wheels

Marten Weber | Posted 03.11.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: LGBT Youth, Gay Rights, Disability Rights, Disabled Veterans, Christmas, Wheelchairs, Wheelchair Dancing, Gay Voices News
Marten Weber

What did you do for Christmas? I'll tell you what I did: I danced in a bear club with a man in a wheelchair!

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Some Passengers Using Wheelchairs To Avoid Lines

www.nytimes.com | Posted 10.04.2012 | Travel
Read More: Wheelchairs at Airports, Wheelchairs, Airport Security, Airline Passengers, Airline Passengers Wheelchairs, Airport Security Lines, Travel News

The familiar drudgery was under way along the security line at Kennedy International Airport on a recent afternoon. Shoes were fumbled off feet, lapto...

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Fearless 'Push Girl' Tiphany Adams: 'It's Okay To Be Vulnerable'

The Huffington Post | Elizabeth Kuster | Posted 09.04.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fear, Car Accident, Injuries, Wheelchairs, Tiphany Adams, Paralysis, Stress, Afraid, Wheelchair, Inspiration, Push Girls, Fearlessness, Fearless, Becoming Fearless, Injury, Sundance, Anxiety, Becoming-Fearless, Worry, Healthy Living News

On October 15, 2000, Tiphany Adams, then a high-school senior in Northern California, was a passenger in a car that was hit head-on by a drunk driver ...

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What Is It Like To Be in a Wheelchair?

Quora | Posted 10.14.2012 | Home
Read More: Disability, Wheelchairs, Wheelchair, People With Disabilities, Home News
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This question originally appeared on Quora. By Arthur Torrey, Maker of Things In a word, it SUCKS!  Manual chairs are a lot of work, and thos...

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Fearless 'Push Girl' Auti Angel: 'Once You Fall In Love With The Person, You Forget About The Wheelchair'

The Huffington Post | Elizabeth Kuster | Posted 07.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stress, Afraid, Fear, Inspiration, Push Girls, Wheelchairs, Slideexpand, Sundance, Anxiety, Arianna Huffington, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News

On May 2, 1992, professional hip-hop dancer Auti Angel was on the verge of signing a recording contract with Columbia Records. The next day, her spina...

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Fearless 'Push Girl' Mia Schaikewitz: 'Being Paralyzed Is My Perfect Life Challenge!'

The Huffington Post | Elizabeth Kuster | Posted 06.22.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stress, Afraid, Fear, Inspiration, Push Girls, Wheelchairs, Slideexpand, Sundance, Anxiety, Arianna Huffington, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News

When she was 15 years old, Mia Schaikewitz was a competitive swimmer in Atlanta. Suddenly one night she found that she couldn't move her legs. Twelve ...

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Fearless 'Push Girl' Angela Rockwood: 'I Literally Just Push Through It All And Try To Stay Positive'

The Huffington Post | Elizabeth Kuster | Posted 06.14.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stress, Fear, Afraid, Inspiration, Push Girls, Wheelchairs, Sundance, Slideexpand, Anxiety, Becoming-Fearless, Arianna Huffington, Healthy Living News

On September 2, 2001, Angela Rockwood was a successful model preparing to marry her fiancé and soul mate, actor Dustin Nguyen. One day later, a car a...

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What Does 'Push Girls' Accomplish?

The New York Times | Posted 06.04.2012 | Women
Read More: Independent Women, Television, Reality TV, Wheelchairs, Disability, Females on Television, Ability, Push Girls, Women News

"Push Girls," a reality show about five attractive women in wheelchairs, is likely to engender a number of reactions in viewers, not all of them helpf...

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Ohio Community Donates To Help Disabled Family

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Community Service, Candy Kurtz, Spina Bifida, North Coast Renovation Services, Kent-Ohio, Multiple Sclerosis, Wheelchairs, Disability, Wheelchair Ramp, Impact News

For Candy Kurtz and her son Jeffrey, daily tasks present enormous obstacles. Candy has multiple sclerosis and Jeffrey was born with spinal bifida. The...

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