All Entries in the "Praise and Scorn" Category
Staying Cool With Personal Cooling Devices
Being cool isn’t always about keeping up with the latest trends, being with it, or like our frosty friend here, doing your own thing.
For some people with disabilities staying cool is a medical necessity. For instance, it has been proven that people with Mutliple Sclerosis can be very adversely affected by heat.
Top 20 Most Livable U.S. Cities for Wheelchair Users
A recent livability rating by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
Denver and Chicago are some of America’s Top 20 most livable cities for people living with paralysis, rated by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The Reeve Foundation commissioned the list in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act [...]
Locals Take Wrench In Hand To Keep Wheelchairs Rolling
How cool is this? Volunteers in Ithaca, NY started a project that fixes damaged wheelchairs and puts them back into circulation.
How Sad Are Wheelchair Services 2
The great wheeled liberator, the wheelchair, can just as easily become a jailer when lack of repairs and prolonged repair waiting times exist. This situation seems to be a common one, especially for those wheelchair users who depend on third party funders such as insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Influencing Access To Medical Care
Accessibility of doctors’ offices, clinics, and other health care providers is essential in providing medical care to people with disabilities. Due to the barriers, individuals with disabilities are less likely to get routine preventative medical care than people without disabilities.
How Sad Are Wheelchair Services
It is sad that the inability to acquire badly needed wheelchairs and related services is becoming pandemic.
Waiting for extended periods of time for a wheelchair or repairs, getting the wrong wheelchair that creates rather than solves problems, not having use of a wheelchair and thereby loosing your independence.
These are sad realities that face many wheelchair users in many places.
Tired Of Being Blocked Out Of Handicapped Parking Spots?
Tired of the wrong people parking in handicapped parking spots? Now you can do something about it right then and there. Create awareness and get your message across at the same time.
