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During his first year of medical School, Dr. Krauthammer dove into a swimming pool, and hit his head on the bottom. He has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. Most people don't even know he is in a wheelchair. He does not allow his disability to define him.

-mitchellbard.com "Charles Krauthammer: Prize Writer"

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Yes, there is a market for used and refurbished wheelechairs. You can choose to donate them to charities such as Wheelchairs of Hope, or sell them online.

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You could try to play paintball in a wheelchair, but there is not event where only people in wheelchairs play. You would also need to play speedball (flat grass with inflatable bunkers) otherwise the terrain would be a problem. Besides this, a large part of paintball is using both hands while moving, and hiding all of your body behind a bunker, which would be frustrating to do in a wheelchair.

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W: 8"

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d: 12"

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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.

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Because according to the regulations that are enforced by the government public buildings must be accessible to disabled persons that use wheelchairs.

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George J. Klein invented the electric wheelchair.

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They don't. Most places have handicap accessible ramps as alternative entries.

Dean Kaman's iBot is a sort of all-terrain wheelchair that can climb stairs.

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The capacity of wheelchair lifts varies somewhat from one manufacturer to another and by model, but generally speaking, most lifts are able to accommodate somewhere between 300 and 375 pounds.

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Theodore Roosevelt did not use a wheelchair, except perhaps temporalily later in life. Franklin Roosevelt is the President who was crippled by polio and used a wheelchair thereafter.

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As the name implies, a lightweight wheelchair is alot lighter than a standard wheelchair. How much?

Standard wheelchairs can weigh anywhere from 25-40 lbs (11 - 18 kg). Lightweight wheelchairs can weigh under20lbs (9 kg) and the worlds lightest commercially available wheelchair weighs under 11lbs (5kg).

How do manufacturers achieve such low weights?

Lighter materials, such as titanium or composites are used. Plus lightweight wheelchairs have better designs. For example, thinner walled tubing is used in areas where weight is less of a factor.

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every 5 years if they qualify for it and there if justification for the need.

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Yes he is, but maybe your thinking of harry clearwater, charlies best friend, he isn't in a wheelchair, only billy is.

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No he isn't, he's actually the best dancer out of the whole glee cast!

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Basketball, Racing, tennis.

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A wheelchair should be regarded as a unique and individual piece of equipment designed to maximise someones mobility; promote good posture; prevent ulceration, deformity and pain; enable someone to maximise their ability in all areas of life.

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Wheelchair vans are a little bit more expensive than regular vans but you can look around for a good deal on one. By no means is it a big money difference though.

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there is 3 to make a short story..starts with anymore,then tell me i was dreaming ending with if i lost you..

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It is a third class lever because the fulcrum is on the left, the effort force is in the middle, and the resistance force is on the end.

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A standard basketball ring is 10 feet tall.

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It is like the way you use a bike the difference is you aren't pedaling, you are using your hands to move around.

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Army Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Schick patented the 1st commercial electric razor in 1928, production began in 1931. Doctress Who in Yahoo answers, was researching the detail for that, and saw Wiki Answers with same question.

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A power chair works through a battery-operated drive motor and a sophisticated computer-like interface that controls its stops and starts, speed, and direction. Simply put, batteries and not arms power an electric wheelchair.

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Illness at a young age