Join us on our second wheelchair thill-seeking event for the year. We will be onboard the Eye-Spy for a relaxing wheelchair friendly whale watching cruise. Departing from the Redcliffe Jetty at 9:30 am on the 19th Aug 2011. Returning at 3:00 pm the same day. Feel free to book your own tickets and join us.
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Guidelines on design production and selection of manual wheelchairs. How to produce and supply quality manual wheelchairs in less-resourced settings. Health and safety, strength and durability, suitability for use, and effective production methods are main design criteria. These determine functional performance, stability, manoeuvrability, pushing and transferring efficiency, transport and reliability. Solid Long term testing and follow-ups involve local wheelchair users knowledgeable about their physical, environmental, social and cultural needs.
65 million people need a wheelchair to live full active lives in their communities, only 45 million have one or can access one. A vital assistive device to people with limited mobility a wheelchair can open a world of education work and social life, in undeveloped countries.
Highly respected German photographer Rasso Bruckert frustrated with “hospital” type images of the disabled celebrates disability through his camera lens. A collection of his raw powerful images appeared in a gallery titled “Perfect/Imperfect” inviting us to challenge the way we think about beauty and disability.
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