Disability Issues

Most quality wheelchairs have a frame made of Aluminum because it is strong, lightweight and relatively easy to work with. Titanium is becoming more popular because it is lightweight. Some think it is lighter than Aluminum. Inexpensive wheelchairs are made of steel, but this makes the wheelchair very heavy.

There were many prototypes of the wheelchair. One was the wheelbed, which dates circa 535 A.D. This design was primarily used for children. Another one dates back to in the 500's as well. This was a three-wheeled chair.

The first serious wheelchair (originally called an invalids chair) was made for Phillip II of Spain circa 1554.

In 1655, a young disabled watchmaker called Stephen Farfler built a three wheeled vehicle to transport himself. This was the first self-propelled wheelchair - although it looked very different from today's wheelchairs. It had a box like design, and to propel himself along Stephen turned a lever attached to the front wheel.

In 1881, wheel rims were invented to keep cleaner hands. It wasn't until the early 1900s that the name stuck. Before that, tons of names were used.

Finally, in 1933, Harry Jennings invented a light weight steel wheelchair for his friend Herbert Everest. The wheelchair was collapsible and could fit into the boot of a car. The pair saw the potential of the invention, and the company they set up became the first mass-manufacturer of wheelchairs: Ernest and Jennings international

The general term would be handicapped, or physically handicapped. Someone who has lost the use of their limbs is a paraplegic (legs, lower body) or quadriplegic (arms and legs). However there are many different types of afflictions that could land someone in a wheelchair, so this may not apply.

Well I'm on a wheelchair and this is how we use the public disabled toilet. A thing to take note : The person is not bound to the wheelchair for the first 3 methods. If they were they definitely could not use the toilet. 1: I can get a family member or a friend to help me on to the toilet 2: A proper accessible stall has space to the right or left of the toilet to transfer to the right or left. We can use sliding boards. We slide themselves over onto the toilet. One can also manage without a transfer board. 3: A narrow accessible stall without the space to the right or left is more difficult. There are a few ways to do it. You can transfer onto the toilet seat sideways and then turn your body. Some can stand when they hold onto the grab bars just long enough to transfer. Some can take a few steps - and then they might just get up and use the toilet. 4: In certain places, the disbled toilet is also a diaper changing room, there is a very small toilet bowl that is about 15 cm high (For young babies) where we can actually pee from our wheelchair.

I'm in a wheelchair and I'm healthy. Some people may have done slight damage to the spine and will use it for short periods of time. Some people may just have things like broken feet or a knee. I would consider all of though still healthy. Some people are just fat, old, or lazy but don't have any medical problems

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the unobstructed width of an accessible door in a non-private building must be at least 32 inches (or 815 mm), with the door opened to 90 degrees.

The height of the door is not addressed in the ADA. Most local codes require any door in a public or newly constructed building to be at least 6 feet and 8 inches high (2032 mm.)

Additionally, a door accessible to those with disabilities must not require a push greater than 5 pounds-force (22.2 Newtons), applied at 30 inches from the hinge, in order to open the door.

In general, a door fit for a 36 inch rough opening, and without an aggressive self-closing device, would fit the requirement.

That really depends on the height of the person's legs while in the chair. Most normal sized tables work

It would be best to lay the patient down on a flat surface first.

The world's first electric wheelchair was designed in Canada in 1916, but no prototypes were built. After World War II, George Klein, a mechanical engineer at the National Research Council of Canada, constructed some of the first motorized chairs. But it wasn't until 1956 that electric wheelchairs started to be mass-produced for popular use.

wheelchair lifts move at around 0.2 meters a second which is slow enough to keep the chair stable while moving at a speed which wont take to long to reach the top or bottom.

Because he cant walk

Yes ADD is a disability that is in fact recognized and included in the definition of disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

That said however please remember that ADD is also often something that can be accomidated for in social, educational, and work settings. Once someone is properly diagnosed and assessed, there are a varity of accomidations (many of which are amazingly simply and cheap) that allow the person to manage their ADD symptoms.

Generally speaking ADD is considered a learning disorder. Statistically however as a group, persons with ADD have on average a higher IQ than the population as a whole. One reason this fact is possible is that ADD has little to do with a persons cognative capacity (or inate inteligence) and more specifically everything to do with the persons ability for cognative procesing. In short the problem for a person with ADD is not inteligence, but more about focus and productively dealing with stimuli.

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Initially, Lionel had broken his hip in an accident, which caused him to be filmed in a wheelchair, but he also had arthritis, which progressed rapidly and severely. The wheelchair was necessary for the remainder of his life.

During WW1, there was extreme scarcity in food. For this reason, only certain amounts of food and drink could be given to people, and this was very little. These allowances of food were known as rations.
To save cost on fuel, which was extremely expensive, food rations for each village and town were transported by wheeled carts instead of motorised vehicles. This is because the food never had to be transported far, as each town/village/area was given its own supply. Many people didn't have the things needed to build a cart, and so would find old broken and discarded chairs and upturned tables, and by salvaging the wheels of old prams and bicycles, and fasten these to the chairs. These were known as 'wheeley chairs' and were popular amongst locals.
However, when seriously injured soldiers needed to be exported or taken to hospital, transportation was needed. At this time Britain was low on fuel and so the prices went up and up, meaning no-one could afford it. Roads were also blocked, and access with any vehicle would be limited. People began to use their 'wheeley chairs' or ration carts, to transport injured soldiers to medical help waiting, in some cases, on the other side of town, where they could be treated safely.
These chairs became very popular and the public were praised for the ingenious idea which helped save lives. For this reason, after the war, hospitals began to make their own, paying manufacturing companies to bring the original design to a more suitable level, giving comfort and ease to the user. The name was slightly altered from 'wheeley chairs' to wheelchairs, and from then onwards, we have used them in hospitals, and even supermarkets stock them for customer use.
maybe for disabled people

It is an estimate that around 2b are bought yearly.

You might be referring to Stephen Hawking.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 33rd President, served from 1933 to 1945. As a result of being stricken by a paralytic disease in 1921 (either polio or Guillain-Barré Syndrome) he had virtually no ability to walk while President.

i think like thirty people play wheel chair rugby

According to the United States' census 2002, there are over 2.7 million people in wheel chairs over the age of 15.

Mnimimal requirements include wider doorways (entry and bathroom), room enough in bathroom for a wheelchair to turn around easily. Bathroom fixtures at wheelchair accessible height. Handrails in shower. Handheld shower.

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A cripple is a person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to walk, with mostly one leg.