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2. Marilyn Hamilton - Wikipedia

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   Marylin Hamilton (born 1949) is an American inventor, athlete, and entrepreneur, known as the co-founder of Quickie Wheelchairs. After a 1978 hang-gliding accident left her paraplegic, Hamilton sought to improve wheelchair design, co-creating the lightweight and customizable Quickie wheelchair in 1980 with Jim Okamoto and Don Helman.

3. Standing frame - Wikipedia

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   A standing frame (also known as a stand, stander, standing technology, standing aid, standing device, standing box, tilt table) is assistive technology that can be used by a person who relies on a wheelchair for mobility. A standing frame provides alternative positioning to sitting in a wheelchair by supporting the person in the standing position.

4. Sunrise Senior Living - Wikipedia

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   Sunrise Senior Living is an American operator of senior living communities. As of 2024, it operates over more than 270 [ 1 ] independent living, assisted living and memory care communities throughout the United States and Canada [ 2 ] making it the sixth-largest senior living provider in the U.S. [ 3 ]

5. Wheelchair lift - Wikipedia

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   A wheelchair lift in the front door of a TriMet bus in Portland, Oregon, in 2010 A bus in Prague with wheelchair lift extended, 2006. A wheelchair lift, also known as a platform lift, or vertical platform lift, is a fully powered device designed to raise a wheelchair and its occupant in order to overcome a step or similar vertical barrier.

6. Wheelchair - Wikipedia

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   A man with a disability sitting in a wheelchair. A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using 2 or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or impossible to do due to illnesses, injury, disabilities, or age-related health conditions.

7. Wheelchair accessible van - Wikipedia

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   A wheelchair-accessible van is a vehicle that has been modified by increasing the interior size of the vehicle and equipping it with a means of wheelchair entry, ...