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Gimp Pimp On Disney World Lines

| May 15, 2013

A recent Yahoo News article tells of a personal business venture that has a person with a disability standing in lines for walkers and for a fee.

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NYS Government On Spending Spree With SCI Research Dollars

| February 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

New York State is gobbling up money earmarked for Spinal Cord Injury Research and dropping it in their general fund for spending in other ways.

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What Ever Happened To Illinois Motorized Wheelchair Buyer Protection?

| February 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

The proposed legislation reads similar to a wheelchair lemon law and offers wheelchair consumers some degree of protection and recourse. But, whatever happened to it? It just keeps fading out of view and being put off.

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Moment of Frustration Scream

| October 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

It’s about Those times when you just want to scream or beat your head against a wall

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Roll On Capitol Hill

| June 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

While not quite as edible as a tasty Kaiser Roll, United Spinal’s Roll on Capitol Hill is nonetheless very palatable, especially so to the wheelchair users who will be involved.

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Complicating Complex Rehab Technology

| May 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Complicating complex rehab technology

What a name! Complex Rehab Technology. No wonder the average wheelchair user is staying on the outside of this medicare issue.

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Still Hitting On Wheelers

| December 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

New York City traffic

It seems that NYC Mayor Bloomberg still has a problem with wheelchair users becoming taxi users.

I know what I think. What do you think?

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Hits On Wheelchair Users

| October 24, 2011 | 0 Comments

NYC Mayor Bloomberg

Bloomberg on the loose again sounds off on wheelchair users and their efforts to make NYC cabs accessible.

Never known for compromise solutions, Bloomberg blows off Feds and unilaterally decides what is good for NYC wheelers.

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The One Size Fits All Wheelchair

| June 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

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One size fits all and all those wheelchairs are the same anyway.

A wheelchair is a wheelchair is a….. seen one seen them all, four wheels and a seat, just another pimped out shopping cart, or one more free ride on the taxpayers and premium payers.

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Hospital Wheelchair Accessibility

| June 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

“Why aren’t there any “wheelchair accessible” hospital rooms and baths? When we wheelchair users have to go the hospital there is no way we can use the bathroom.”

Find out what the requirements really are from our resident ADA Accessibility expert Kleo King.

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Powered Wheelchair Downside Humor

| June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment

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I’m always amazed to see how well many people cope with the downside of wheelchair use, and how often humor is used to deal with the frustrations.

Check out some humorous out-takes from emails and reviews that we have received from powered wheelchair users regarding how they feel about their chairs.

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Disability Parking Permits Worldwide

| May 24, 2011 | 1 Comment

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Disability parking permit rules can be confusing from state to state. Imagine trying to get a worldwide handle on this?

It seems that an ambitious group of Brits did just that.

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