Handicapped-accessible MV-1 van now available
Handicapped-accessible MV-1 van now available
Handicapped-accessible MV-1 van now available: Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is the first in the area to receive a new type of handicapped-accessible van designed from the ground up for people who use wheelchairs, scooters or walkers to get around.
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Central City settles discrimination suit against its free shuttle
The settlement also requires the city to make all the Central City Free Ride shuttle buses handicapped-accessible. "It was very scary to have to ride down the street between the two towns in my scooter," Culpepper stated. " I'm really going to enjoy …
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Pole problem fixed for disabled woman
Tetreault was also concerned about other handicapped people, especially one woman who uses a scooter to get around. "It's just going to be safer for a lot of people in this area," Tetreault said. Once the workers are done moving the pole they are going …
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Tuesday's Sound Off
I am a handicapped senior and I need the scooter to get around. When I check out I go to Fran, she's always so friendly and helpful. If she's busy, I go to Tracy who helps me too. After I check out, Fran calls Tim to help me to my car and puts my …
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Latest Handicapped Equipment News
Urine storage tanks
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Sunk installation for all equipment like faeces buckets and urine storage tanks
Public Pool Owners to Face Big Changes
Each pool needs to be handicap accessible. Carey Martin finds himself in a similar situation. “..that's one of my biggest concerns, having to buy so much equipment with all my pools in one small area” said Carey Martin. Chair-lifts are the cheapest …
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Ready, willing and disabled
TRILBY tilted backwards, suit jacket flapping, Ricky Likabu comes fanging onstage in his shiny silver wheelchair, then spins around so quickly he draws sparks. Three similarly chairbound musicians power on after him, waving towels above their heads as …
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Community pitches in to help struggling Hazleton fire victims
Mountain City is also pitching in to help, as the family will need specialized medical equipment to help Subrenna care for Melvin once they are settled, said administrator Mary Ann Chaklos. While the family looks for a handicapped-accessible place to …
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Children in need of adoption
Children in need of adoption
These children may not be physically handicapped, but because of circumstances, most are emotionally fragile. They need one-on-one attention as well as empathy and compassion. Solid parenting and a willingness to commit to the child for life are the …
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FOOTBALL: Stacy steps down at Roosevelt
Stacy has two handicapped children, one with cerebral palsy and another with muscular dystrophy. “I just don't have the emotional energy to give the devotion needed to be a head coach,” Stacy said. “I still have the desire to be a coach, just in a much …
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2 New Haven Photographers Giving Back in Surat, India Gain Interest from Mayor …
The organization focuses on giving disabled children a fair and equal education. DWIT works to assure equal opportunity in education for all handicapped children while providing special services to meet the needs of these children. …
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Ability Center Puts Mobility Information at Customers' Fingertips
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Ability Center Puts Mobility Information at Customers' Fingertips
Ability Center has today unveiled their powerful new smartphone app, which puts information about wheelchair vans and mobility equipment at customers' fingertips. Ability Center, one of the nation's most respected wheelchair van and mobility equipment …
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Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America
Ms. Wheelchair America is a beauty pageant, seeking to provide an opportunity for women to educate and advocate for folks with disabilities. Women between the ages of 18 and 60 and who rely on wheelchairs as the their primary form of mobility are …
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The Graham Leader
Heath wanted to help out and volunteered to retrofit the wheelchair lift into the donated van. Now Wright has the mobility to attend church, participate in Voices from the Heart Choir and do many of the things that bring joy into her life.
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Make handicapped parking violations costly (editorial)
Handicapped Parking – Wide
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I really like these light blue handicapped parking signs in Santa Monica, CA
Make handicapped parking violations costly (editorial)
They're not meant for able-bodied motorists who somehow have acquired a “handicapped” tag. Neither are they for drivers who are in a hurry or think they can get away with parking illegally. Far too often, though, the law is violated with no …
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D.C. to cut free handicapped parking
DC officials said Monday that they will soon eliminate free handicapped parking in some areas of the city and convert up to 400 metered spaces to parking reserved for people with disabilities. The District Department of Transportation said the "all …
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READER FEEDBACK
Spots for pregnant women and mothers with small children are not required unless they have health issues and hold valid licences for handicapped parking. Hybrid cars . . . now, that is a new one. What next? All cars over $ 30000? …
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Latest Handicapped Equipment News
Board backs baseball team for disabled
Elma pays the Baseball League $ 7000 for equipment, Powers said, and the registration fees collected by the league cover the uniforms, umpire fees and pitching machines for the entire baseball season. The towns of Marilla and Wales share the cost …
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Trainer And Nutritionist Scott Markey To Open 'Gym In Coronado'
On the training front, Markey worked with Coronado resident Steve Wampler, who was recently voted ESPN's 'Disabled Athlete of the Year.' Gym equipment will include machinery for handicapped athletes and the club will be fully wheelchair accessible. …
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Longview Regional Medical Center expands, new medical equipment
Cassin hopes this is only the tip of the iceberg for patient treatment. "I hope this is just the beginning," she said. The new heart and vascular unit has 23 rooms; four are handicapped accessible. The unit officially opens Thursday.
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Latest Handicapped Bathroom News
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Handicap bathroom design
Theater boasts new wheelchair lift
To date, the front stairs to the Sandy Actors Theatre lobby have been remodeled, one bathroom has been made fully handicapped accessible, and theater seating has been reconfigured to accommodate up to six patrons in wheelchairs.
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Disability-access lawsuits rise in Hampton Roads
"You can go inside the bathroom; everything is fine," said Magriplis, owner of Seafood Harbor, which is accused of having an inadequate restroom. He said the woman who filed the lawsuit was in an unusually wide wheelchair when she visited the …
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Sound Off for Feb. 1
Sound Off for Feb. 1
I am always amazed at how handicapped parking permits are abused by a few individuals who have access to them. Obviously these people who are exempt from ever receiving a parking ticket are ignorant. Entitled to park on Main Street day after day, …
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Wild and Precious Life: Able-bodied folks ought to steer clear of handicapped …
As someone living with a disability, I hold a special anger for able-bodied drivers who park in handicapped-parking spaces. If I were queen, I would mete out the justice depicted in an episode of the popular '90s sitcom Seinfeld: burying the offender's …
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More than $4.4M in VA/USOC Grant funding awarded
More than .4M in VA/USOC Grant funding awarded
"We couldn't be happier with this latest round of grants to be awarded to these new partner organizations," said Director, VA National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events, Chris Nowak. "These grants provide more outlets for our disabled …
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Modesto housing program gets 5k from Feds
SCAP received Supportive Housing Program grants for three programs that provide housing for low-income, disabled homeless people. Debbie Noda/dnoda@modbee.com – The Stanislaus Community Assistance Office at 2209 Coffee Ave. (12-1-11) Three including, …
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Housing voluntary grant scheme
A new, Edinburgh based project to help disabled ex-servicemen and women to access housing suitable to their requirements, will receive £26250.Mr Brown said:”Housing Voluntary Sector grants help national housing and homelessness voluntary organisations …
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Radio Current Affairs Documentary: Disabilities
Radio Current Affairs Documentary: Disabilities
The parents were told that their children were not seen as reliable witnesses in court because of their disabilities. All of the seven victims of sexual abuse are intellectually disabled children between six and 13 years old. …
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Readers can give back to needy via Charity Series
PETALING JAYA: With limited resources and over 60 residents to care for, Kirtash Handicapped and Disabled Children's Home has been barely able to stay afloat these past 12 years. “One reason is because we're located so far away from the Klang Valley. …
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Vandals damage bus for disabled
By Diette Courrégé Some children with multiple, severe disabilities can't leave their homes, much less go to school, without a wheelchair-adaptive vehicle. Six students at Pattison's Academy rely on a $ 56000 custom bus to get to and from the West …
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