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2010 Kids Sports Spectacular Was A Great Day For Kids With Disabilities

It was a great day for our kids!

Kids with disabilities and their family members turned out at the spectacular Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday, August 7 for a great day of sports, games, and showing off their “Unlimited potential”.

Airborne Ranger The World’s First Hand Controlled Monster Truck

Monster trucks! Now tell me they don’t get your juices flowing?

Airborne Ranger Too began as the dream of “Ranger Joe” Cypher, a disabled Native American veteran who was left a paraplegic after a car accident in 1988. Despite doctors telling Joe he would never walk again, he now has the ability to walk with braces. Not only that, but Joe drives one of the world’s most popular Monster Trucks.

Stuff On The Floor And Wheelchairs Don’t Always Mix But It Can Be Fun

What’s a real pain for many wheelchair users? Stuff on the floor that has to be chased down and scooped up from within a wheelchair.

Here’s a really cool robot that not only looks like a bunch of fun but also helps pick up around the house. It’s Roboscooper, an autonomous or remote controled robot that runs around your house, identifies stuff on the floor, scoops it up and tosses it in it’s hopper.

Peek at the Past Racing Wheelchair

This was the racing wheelchair that set the world of wheelers abuzz back in the 1980s.

At the beginning and for many years racing wheelchairs were nothing more than a street wheelchair modified by athletes who spent as much time with a welding torch and wrench in their hands as they did with their hands on the push-rims.

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.

Colours Wheelchair Discontinues Four Models

Colours Wheelchair, a California based manufacturer of manual wheelchairs recently announced that as of July 17, 2010, they will discontinue production of four of their manual wheelchair models.

X-Treme Mobility Scooter Does 15MPH With Motorcycle Looks

Here’s a mean mobility scooter that runs on four batteries and can bag-A at 15mph.

As you can see by the image, the X-Treme Mobility Scooter is tricked out with motorcycle styling that includes a central headlight, dual mirrors, and hydraulic front wheel suspension and drum brakes. The motors are powered by four batteries and controlled by a digital, sealed, rain and weather proof controller via a variable speed twist throttle.