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  2. Assisted living options for wheelchair users - AOL

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    The benefits that assisted living can offer wheelchair users have the potential to boost their quality of life. Caring.com shares a guide to help determine senior living mobility options. Key ...

  3. Andrea Dalzell - Wikipedia

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    Dalzell became the first wheelchair-using registered nurse in the state of New York. [ 9 ] Dalzell cites multiple instances of being questioned on her qualification to perform as a clinical nurse, including "professors doubting her capabilities and the constant pressure to prove herself".

  4. Accessibility - Wikipedia

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    Adaptations to wheelchair tires are another example; widening the tires enables wheelchair users to move over soft surfaces, such as deep snow on ski hills, and sandy beaches. Assistive technology and adaptive technology have a key role in developing the means for people with disabilities to live more independently, and to more fully ...

  5. Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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    Wheelchair ramps inside station house accessible from the northeast corner of Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue and southeast corner of Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue. Southernmost accessible station in the system. Notes: Wheelchair ramps inside fare control each stretch out from the mezzanine to the F and <F> , N and Q platforms.

  6. Passengers are pretending to be disabled to get fast-tracked ...

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    Cory Lee, a travel blogger and wheelchair user, told CBS MoneyWatch that navigating air travel while disabled is the part of travel he “[dreads] the most out of anything.” His $40,000 electric ...

  7. Wheelchair users in NJ seek relief from red tape as repairs ...

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    CMS encourages wheelchair users who have concerns "to call the supplier that provided them the item or locate a Medicare-enrolled supplier by calling 1-800-Medicare or using the Medicare Supplier ...

  8. Chairiot solo - Wikipedia

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    The Chairiot solo has been certified by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as a zero emission vehicle. [6] The National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) announced in March 2015 that the Chairiot solo had passed its Conformance Review Program (CRP); it was the first low-speed, wheelchair accessible vehicle in the world to be certified by an independent authority to be in ...

  9. Sip-and-puff - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, an initial hard sip will enable the wheelchair to move backward, while a hard puff will stop the wheelchair. A continuous soft sip or soft puff will enable the wheelchair to move left or right respectively depending on how long the user blows into the tube, straw or "wand".