Sentences with phrase «of wheelchair users»

Researchers at Google are working on a contact lens that alerts diabetics to changes in their blood sugar levels and adjusts the required doses of insulin accordingly, sensors can detect the onset of a user's epileptic seizure, and the independently controlled robotic walking device launched last year by Rex Bionics could one day change the lives of wheelchair users.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has, together with Rex Bionics company secretary, Keith Robinson, of Sherrards Solicitors, advised Rex Bionics Plc (the «Company»), the pioneer of the REX Robot technology that enhances the mobility of wheelchair users, on a major restructuring of its group.

D. Put forepaws in lap of wheelchair user, hold that upright position so wheelchair user can access medication or cell phone or other items in the backpack

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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has carved out a decent niche for herself as a savvy Twitter user, but she came under fire last week for a series of tweets that badly misread a video of President Donald Trump's interaction with a wheelchair - bound boy.

Rev Zoe Heming, who is the enabling church advisor for the Lichfield Diocese and a wheelchair user, said there were a number of reasons she wasn't convinced by the government's target.

be aware of offending countless wheelchair users who happen to support arsenalFC just as you do.

Pupils with a range of additional needs - both wheelchair users and ambulant children - attended the Huddersfield Town, Chelsea, Southampton and Newcastle United fixtures, with the school receiving 11 tickets for each game.

As a wheelchair user, I am not offended by posters, ads or conversations about Marathons or Running Shoes or anything that promotes Walking as the best form of mobility for your body.

Wheelchair users in the House of Lords say they are «passed from pillar to post» when travelling by plane.

A wheelchair user without the use of their legs doesn't immediately rise up and walk because they become a Paralympian, someone with a lifelong health condition doesn't suddenly lose it.

In his interview, he talked with pride of going to school with Judith Heumann, who fought for and won the right to become the first wheelchair user to teach school in New York.

Mr. Kagan is on the Board of the Russian - American organization for PWDs, and was accompanied by its President, a wheelchair user, to the interview.

The survey was conducted to highlight the sheer volume of clutter found on pavements across the UK, which causes a massive problem for blind and partially sighted people, wheelchair users, mobility - impaired pedestrians and parents with pushchairs.

The Plan aims at: developing operational plans, processes and related instructions that take the needs of PWDs into account; designing layouts of polling stations to make them more accessible to PWDs; procuring magnifying glasses, tactile stickers for ballots boxes, large grip pens and other materials to assist PWDs and making cubicles, booths more accessible to wheelchair users.

«Progressives won City Hall vowing to end the tale of two cities, but they gave themselves a raise while giving wheelchair users the cold shoulder by being silent as Uber fails to provide access,» says the narrator in the 30 - second spot (above) sponsored by the new advocacy group United for Equal Access, referring to a raise package for all elected city officials approved by the mayor and City Council in February.

«Elected officials need to do their jobs and protect the civil rights of all New Yorkers, including wheelchair users.»

James Weisman, president and CEO of the United Spinal Association, sent Gov. Andrew Cuomo a letter last week urging him to require the companies to make their vehicles accessible for wheelchair users.

«But given that the users of this device would be patients confined to a wheelchair, their physical activity will necessarily be limited.»

A further advantage of the app is that the navigation functions allow users to call up wheelchair - accessible routes, for example, or disabled toilets.

With modern communication aids, users of electric powered wheelchairs can operate a PC and cellphone without human assistance.

«The add - on module offers users of electric powered wheelchairs greater autonomy, safety, and convenience,» sums up Andreas Biederstädt.

It works with any kind of wheelchair; the basic version tracks wheelchair movement through body position, while the extended version is marker - based if the user has a very limited ability to move.

This means users of all - terrain wheelchairs can go off road and receive a selection of suitable routes on their display.

Yet, whereas others have demonstrated that smart wheelchairs can work, they have yet to make them affordable for the large population of users (2.7 million people age 15 and older in the U.S. alone).

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For example, a «universal arm» enables a wheelchair user to stabilize a video camera or carry a cup of tea without sloshing — two needs that matter to Sayed.

Their production Something in the Air enabled wheelchair users to experience the sensation of birds flying, while Pool Piece involved lighting scent and bubbles being used in a hydrotherapy pool.

Longtime dog lover Tamandra Michaels has long enjoyed the sport of dock diving — where dogs leap long distances from a dock into a swimming pool — but as a wheelchair user, she could only watch the events from the sidelines.

Assist handlers who are wheelchair users by picking up dropped items, opening / closing doors, turning on / off light switches, and exchanging items that may be out of their handler's reach.

I thought, if I can arrange all of these amazing travel experiences for myself, why can't I make those dreams come true for other wheelchair users (and get paid for it)?

After some brainstorming with my friends and dozens of hours of research, I booked my ticket that December for my first international trip as a full - time wheelchair user to Dubai in February 2016.

Unfortunately, the old part of the Anne Frank House, which includes the Secret Annex, is not accessible to wheelchair users.

You do need to have some mobility, as there is a lot of climbing on and off coaches and trains, although many of the tourist attractions can accommodate wheelchair users.

Lynne Kirby is managing director of Enable Holidays — the specialist tour operator for wheelchair - users, slow walkers and people with limited mobility.