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2. 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.

3. United Airlines' new tool will let you know if your ...

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   In collaboration with its accessible travel advisory board, United said it plans to explore other accessibility initiatives as part of the pilot, including providing specialized seating in the ...

4. Timed Up and Go test - Wikipedia

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   The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance. [1]It uses the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around 180 degrees, walk back to the chair, and sit down while turning 180 degrees.

5. Accessibility - Wikipedia

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   Wheelchair ramps allows those on wheelchairs or personal mobility devices to board low-floor public transport vehicles. A significant development in transportation, and public transport in particular, to achieve accessibility, is the move to "low-floor" vehicles.

6. Assistance for airline passengers with disabilities - Wikipedia

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   Aisle Chair used for moving persons with reduced mobility aboard aircraft. There are no worldwide uniform standards regulating the provision of assistance for airline passengers with disabilities. American regulations place the responsibility on the airlines, the European Union's rules make the airport responsible for providing the assistance ...

7. International Symbol of Access - Wikipedia

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   The wheelchair symbol is "international" and therefore not accompanied by Braille in any particular language. Specific uses of the ISA include: Marking a parking space reserved for vehicles used by people with disabilities/blue badge holders; Marking a vehicle used by a person with a disability, often for permission to use a space

8. Your Cholesterol Could Be A Key Indicator Of Dementia. A ...

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   One form of dementia—called vascular dementia—is caused by regular small strokes, he points out. “Fluctuating cholesterol levels may therefore cause fluctuating risk for strokes,” Segil says.

9. Functional capacity evaluation - Wikipedia

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   A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) is a set of tests, practices and observations that are combined to determine the ability of the evaluated person to function in a variety of circumstances, most often employment, in an objective manner. Physicians change diagnoses based on FCEs. [1]