Recently added articles from Paraplegia News:
Computer-access alternative.(a closer LOOK)
Oct 01, 2009; ... More and more we have come to rely on computers--for work, for fun, for managing our lives. Many people cannot do their jobs without computers; an entire generation has grown up with personal computers and easy access to the Internet. But what if you cannot use a keyboard or ...
It's time to act! What's up with ultralight wheelchairs? Changing technology affects you, so your involvement in the development process is vital.
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many people are fortunate to have a good-quality manual wheelchair--but few probably realize how fragile the reimbursement and manufacturing environment is. Some of us wore out our first pair of tires in the "dark ages," when few wheelchair ...
X-WAV: the "next wave?".(mobility and more)
Oct 01, 2009 ... In June, Travis Hegedus, a mobility specialist from Freedom Motors USA, Inc., of Battle Creek, Mich., was at the PVA National Office in Washington, D.C., to show off the wheelchair-accessible Honda Element X-WAV system. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The vehicle looks nearly ...
All about attitude.(readers respond)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Thank you for one of the most inspirational articles ("Living in a Friendly Universe," July 2009) I have ever read on multiple sclerosis (MS). I agree with the philosophy of Frank Caceres, PhD. I was diagnosed with MS in 1983, and it is knowing "my will is stronger, my body is stronger, ...
A touch of home.(readers respond)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... In "What's Going On?" (And Finally ..., July 2009) Lindol Hill writes, "I am deeply concerned that our representatives in Washington no longer care about our service to keep this a free nation." Some of our most vulnerable veterans already are not free. On May 29, 2009, a new ...