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Robin Francis Cavendish, MBE (12 March 1930 – 8 August 1994), was a British advocate for people with disability, medical aid developer, and one of the longest-lived responauts [a] in Britain. Born in Middleton, Derbyshire , Cavendish was affected by polio at the age of 28.
Hall was also a hot-air-balloon pilot and owner of Cameron O-84 Flaming Pearl G-AYAJ 1970–1990. He was a member of the Air Squadron. [3]In 1962, Hall co-developed, with his friend Robin Cavendish, a wheelchair with a built-in respirator that allowed Cavendish, who was paralyzed from the neck down from polio and required a medical respirator to breathe, to leave the confinement of his bed.
Breathe is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Andy Serkis in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by William Nicholson.It is based on the true story of Robin Cavendish, who became paralysed from the neck down by polio at the age of 28.
Garfield starred in the 2017 biopic "Breathe," portraying a man named Robin Cavendish. Garfield in "Breathe." Bleecker Street. Rotten Tomatoes score: 68%.
Category “Patient Innovation Lifetime Achievement Award”: Robin Cavendish (1930 - 1994) and Diana Cavendish, for developing a variety of innovations for polio patients (including a wheelchair with an attached ventilator) and for tirelessly advocating for people with disabilities.
The film is about paraplegic Robin Cavendish, who is recognised as having helped pioneer the development of wheelchairs equipped with mechanical lungs. [39] In 2017 Speleers was a producer on Barnaby Blackburn's short film Wale.
The Responaut was a quarterly magazine that was "by, for and about respirator-aided and other gadget-aided people". [1] It was first published in December 1963 and ran until 1989.
The first feature film produced by The Imaginarium, Breathe, directed by Serkis (also the story of Robin Cavendish, the father of Serkis' business partner, Jonathan) and starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, and Hugh Bonneville, was the opening night gala presentation of the 2017 BFI London Film Festival. [7]