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Jetstar investigating wheelchair fall
Sydney :: Australia | about 4 hours ago
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Jetstar investigating wheelchair 'accident' Posted November 25, 2009 10:40:00 Updated November 25, 2009 10:44:00 Jetstar has launched an investigation into an incident where a passenger was injured in a fall from one of their wheelchairs at Melbourne...
Tags: Jetstar, Australia, Sydney, Wheelchair, Melbourne Airport, Jetstar Airways, Disaster Accident, Low-cost airlines, Qantas, Lockheed JetStar
Cast Offs: the verdict
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility It is written by some of the brains behind Skins and Shameless and hopes to do for disabled people what Queer as Folk did for the gay community. Cast Offs, Channel 4's latest no-holds-barred, late-night drama, about a fictitious reality television show...
Tags: cast offs, United Kingdom, London, Disability, Wheelchair, The Real, Social Issues, Entertainment Culture
Wheelchair banned - Paralympian crawls through Australian airport
Canberra :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility Paralympic champion Kurt Fearnley said Tuesday he was so angry at having to leave his wheelchair at the check-in counter he crawled through Brisbane airport to reach the departure gate for his flight. Fearnley, who earlier this month won his fourth New...
Tags: Paralympian Kurt Fearnley, Jetstar, Mr Fearnley, Kokoda Track, Brisbane Airport, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Canberra, Jetstar Airways, Wheelchair, Honolulu International Airport, Low-cost airlines, Qantas, Kurt Fearnley, Social Issues, Lockheed JetStar, Jetstar Asia Airways, Melbourne Airport, Disability, Law Crime
The Disability Card
The one time I'm absolutely fine with playing The Disability Card (AKA cashing in): movie theaters. I get in free! Now, they tell me it's because I don't take up a seat, but I don't get it. I'm WATCHING THE MOVIE! Like I said, I think it's got more to...
Tags: movie theater, disability, wheelchair, premier, twilight, new moon, Robert Pattinson, allnews, Raymond, Red, Aladdin, Brad Pitt, Fantasy novels, Horror novels, Teen films, Twilight series, Entertainment Culture, Romance novels, Social Issues, disability card, Brad Pitt Gets
Wheelchair athlete gets state-of-the-art leg braces
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 days ago
Credibility Gail, 16, was born with nerve damage, giving her limited use of her leg muscles...Last week she entered into a new phase of mobility when she got a set of braces from Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics in Frederick . Known as bionic leg braces, they have...
Tags: wheelchair basketball, leg braces, Gail Gaeng, Japan, Tōkyō, Dental braces, Paralympic Games, Basketball, Orthotics, Disabled sports, Paralympic sports, Wheelchair
Cast Offs - Time to cast a new light on disability
Auckland :: New Zealand | 5 days ago
Credibility Just because Stephen Hawking – a famously disabled spastic – created black holes while sitting in his wheelchair, it doesn't mean you will be able to." These were the opening lines in Campus, the improvised sitcom pilot by Green Wing creator Victoria...
Tags: Ash Atalla, casting offs, David Brent, comedies showcase, Larry David, having sex, wheelchair user, disability actors, New Zealand, Auckland, The Office, Wheelchair, Ableism, Stephen Hawking, Disability, Ricky Gervais, Entertainment Culture, Social Issues
Salty Dogs give trash the heave ho
Hamilton :: Bermuda | 6 days ago
Credibility The Salty Dogs Triathlon team often uses Clearwater Beach and the surrounding area as a training base. The team collected 30 bags of garbage and trimmed back overgrown trees near the children's playground. Reid Robinson, one of the triathletes, said the...
Tags: Bermuda, Hamilton, Wheelchair, Anti-spam techniques, Beach, Fly-tipping, Spamming, Spam, E-mail spam, Spam filtering, Information technology management, Triathlon, E-mail, Anti-spam
Featured Advertiser
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility All of the models below are folding wheelchairs except the Lumex Runabout and the shower commode wheelchair. We have a very large selection of todays most popular wheelchairs at the best prices available. On each one of the models below we currently...
Tags: Washington, Wheelchair, Commode, Runabout, Economic model, Wheelchairs, Disability, Chairs
Man's wheelchair stolen from his yard
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility But it was his customized wheelchair that allowed him more endurance and the ability to get around easier. "He can get down the driveway, but for long distances, he needs a wheelchair," said his mother, Maxine. With all of the rain this past week, the...
Tags: Matthew Smith, Maxine Smith, Atlanta, Wheelchair, Shepherd Center, Disability, Wheelchairs, Chairs
Climbing from rehab, step by step
Cook :: NE :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Pioneer Press Mark Stephan knows it would be hard even for someone without a disability to climb to the top of the Willis Tower, the tallest building in North America. But the 51-year-old Winnetka man, who uses a wheelchair but has slowly started to walk...
Tags: Mark Stephan, Cook, Stairway, Wheelchair, Climbing competition, Climbing, Building engineering, Construction, Social Issues
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