Sentences with phrase «wheelchair use in»

Many types of recreational uses are allowed in wilderness, except those needing mechanical transport or motorized equipment, such as cars, trucks, off - road vehicles, and bicycles (exceptions include wheelchairs: Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act prohibits wheelchair use in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires its use.

Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act prohibits wheelchair use in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires its use.

Not exact matches

It's disrespectful to depict able - bodied individuals using wheelchairs in advertising, and the same holds true for any other segment of the population who are impaired in some way.

Even an attempt on his life in 1990 that left him using a wheelchair kept him from the political stage for less than a year.

The plaintiffs allege the ride - hailing company discriminates against people who use wheelchairs by not making available wheelchair - accessible cars in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In March, Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of the Independent Living Resource Center and two people who use wheelchairs, filed a class - action lawsuit today against Lyft.

In May, Uber launched uberWAV in Chicago, which provides riders with vehicles equipped with wheelchair ramps or lifts and uberASSIST, designed for people who need additional assistance while using the ride - hailing servicIn May, Uber launched uberWAV in Chicago, which provides riders with vehicles equipped with wheelchair ramps or lifts and uberASSIST, designed for people who need additional assistance while using the ride - hailing servicin Chicago, which provides riders with vehicles equipped with wheelchair ramps or lifts and uberASSIST, designed for people who need additional assistance while using the ride - hailing service.

Dr. Rankin then adds: «My congregation, First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, Missouri, has installed an elevator which has made it possible for persons in wheelchairs and those of us using crutches to attend church.»

Others use wheelchairs for mobility and living in a rural area leaves them with no way to get to church.

Social responsibility is a key part of the business and the cafe is the first in Georgia to be accessible to blind and visually impaired customers and those using wheelchairs.

And when you look back at the last decade, none of those youngsters have progressed in the way that they were hyped up to and yes I'm talking about the likes of Ramsey, Walcott, Jack Wheelchair and the Ox who all had a one season wonder of some sort, during one point in their Arsenal careers, thus far and We can't keep using this excuse for not buying ready made quality, which would instantly improve our chances of winning a major trophy or two, but No, Wenger wants to stick with a theory which clearly isn't working for us on the pitch, but he doesn't really care, as long as it works out well for saving the penny's and the pounds, in the place where it matters most for Arsenal fc, in the bank.

Tolisso looks good, Gueye has done well, Verratti could be ideal for Xhaka... I du n no who in all honesty but sell ElNeny along with Wheelchair and use their wages to get in a player who will be pushing for that starting position.

«For a long time I'd see him in a wheelchair or using a walker.

Today he uses a wheelchair in private and limps with a cane in public.

Mothers can be assisted to express for the baby (though it is rare that she is truly too ill to be moved in a wheelchair or on a bed), or if that is impossible for some reason, donor human milk should be used.

Someone in the grocery store may have a service animal, and other people walk with crutches or use a wheelchair to get around.

Good to keep hands warm for parents when used in baby carrier mode or for child / adult when used on strollers or wheelchair

«The Snack and Play ® Travel Tray by Star Kids ® Products brings to the table an innovative product that can be very beneficial for young children and driving safety as well as for any age in a population using wheelchairs.

Soul Slings also makes a widely popular Buckle SSC (Soft Structured Carrier) and Meh Dai carrier, which are styles of carriers I have used successfully in the past for front carrying in a wheelchair.

I did use the Soul Onbuhimo as a back carrier around my house while not in my manual wheelchair (I use an office chair in my small kitchen and other areas that my manual wheelchair doesn't fit).

I believe that babywearers who use manual wheelchairs would be more comfortable front - carrying in Soul Sling's SSC or Meh Dai carriers.

Because I am normally in a wheelchair, I used this carrier primarily in a front carry.

It is such a shame on the industry to not address children with different abilities such as in wheelchairs, using braces / walking canes, etc..

During the perilous displacement routes, persons with disabilities were exposed to additional risks, in particular those with mobility and speech restrictions, and those using assistive devices (e.g. wheelchairs, crutches, walkers).

Human rights campaigners have hit out at the plans by Enfield council, in London, which could see certain mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs with a limit of 8mph banned from using the pavement.

Most people in electric wheelchairs rent them from motability using DLA and AA.

Tedisco & Ball Join John Hargrove, Former SeaWorld Killer Whale Trainer Featured in «Blackfish», Yakkul a Dog Rescued by U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan, and Nimee, a Disabled Pooch that uses a Wheelchair, for 4th Annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day

The special event was emceed by Steve Caporizzo from Pet Connection and featured John Hargrove, a former SeaWorld Killer Whale trainer featured in the acclaimed documentary «Blackfish,» Yakkul, a dog from Afghanistan, that was adopted by a U.S. Special Forces officer from Valatie, and Nimee, a disabled dog that uses a wheelchair to get around.

Prentiss, who uses a wheelchair and is Vice-President of the advocacy group Disabled in Action, also said that she felt slighted that the governor did not speak more broadly about others in the community, or about the needs of people with disabilities.

Wheelchairs and Electric personal assistive mobility devices, as defined in New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 114 - d, may be used at Thruway facilities open to the public for pedestrian use.

The oldest of the four living former US presidents, Bush, who served in office from 1989 to 1993, uses a wheelchair and has seemed frail in recent public appearances.

When I used to push my son Ivan around in his wheelchair, I always thought that some people saw the wheelchair, not the boy.

The council argues that the trees earmarked for felling are either diseased or dangerous, or have roots that prevent people in wheelchairs and people pushing buggies from using pavements.

A new survey of medical specialists by researchers in Springfield Massachusetts found many could not accommodate patients who use a wheelchair.

James had used a wheelchair for two years — since he was shot during a gunpoint robbery in Guyana, where he was on vacation, according to police sources and a Transport Workers Union Local 100 official.

Before the dashboard erupted in flames, a heroic school bus driver, Jamal Richards, carried four disabled children to safety on Saturday on West Mosholu Parkway South, near Jerome Ave. Three of the children were in wheelchairs, and the other used a walker — none were injured.

«The city's leaders are doing nothing to stop Uber's discrimination,» Jones, who uses a wheelchair and whose image is featured in the spot, told The Post.

Elite athletes are used to tinkering with the configuration of their wheelchairs in order to boost their sports performance, but they often do so using trial and error.

In his Ph.D. research, Mason used an ergonomics approach to design wheelchair configuration for optimal on - court mobility during games.

Others credit Hawking for working on important problems in spite of the degenerative nerve disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, that led to his use of a wheelchair and eventually rendered him able to speak only through a computerized voice synthesizer.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

The study participants work in multistory buildings and for the most part, use wheelchairs while on the job.

Computer scientists from the University of Lincoln, UK, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and University College Cork, Ireland, worked with a leading special needs school in Lincoln to examine whether new motion - based gaming technologies and interactive design approaches could make video games more accessible and appealing for children who use powered wheelchairs.

Wenzel describes the advantage of the second Bluetooth interface as follows: «The system not only enables interaction with electronic devices, it can also be used to transfer wheelchair data — such as battery capacity, motor currents, and errors in the drive system, for example — to a smartphone.»

The wheelchair is designed for people with severe neuromuscular disabilities, and can even be used in crowded or unfamiliar surroundings, says Javier Minguez, head of the team at the University of Zaragoza in Spain that is developing the chair.

As with other smart wheelchairs designed in the past, Spletzer's device uses a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system to detect trees, poles, parking meters, corners and other real - world obstacles.

During training sessions for BrainGate, the computer software learns to associate patterns of neural activity with the intent to move a hand in a particular direction; it can use those intentions to pilot a computer cursor or, if all goes as planned, a motorized wheelchair.

And he has of course inherited his love towards the triathlon from his father, who is a triathlete himself, and used to carry little Mathew in a wheelchair around the weekly running events previously.

She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2000 and went from being wheelchair - bound to running on treadmills through her use of nutrition and functional medicine.

I am finally out of my wheelchair and using a walker, but I haven't created any new recipes in awhile.