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A Rhode Island mother is asking for the person who stole her 4-year-old son's wheelchair to return it, no questions asked.
Detroit police say a 58-year-old man died when his motorized wheelchair fell eight floors down an elevator shaft in a downtown building.
It was not such a lucky break. Opera singer Joyce DiDonato was appearing on a London stage in a wheelchair after breaking her leg during an earlier performance.
Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command.
A 14-year-old Michigan boy has completed a four-day, 100-mile trip in his wheelchair as part of a fundraiser.
A Chicago police officer caught on video beating a stabbing victim who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison.
A Chicago police officer caught on hospital security footage repeatedly striking a man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech help for the disabled?
Japan's Wakako Tsuchida (Wah-KAH-koh Tu-SHEE-dah) has won her third straight wheelchair competition in the Boston Marathon.
His seven wins in the Boston Marathon men's wheelchair race didn't do much for Ernst Van Dyk's confidence in his bid for a record eighth title on Monday.
History manufactures its most memorable moments in out-of-the-way places. An Ohio bicycle shop was the birthplace of the the airplane. This generation may one day remember what was invented in the basement of a 99-cent store.
Columbus police arrested a man in a wheelchair after he allegedly stole a woman's purse early Saturday and then spit in an officer's face. Police said a 51-year-old man approached a 49-year-old woman who was reclining on a couch in the lobby of their apartment building with her brown purse beside her.
Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday's inauguration ceremony.
Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. Police spokeswoman Sidlayin Robles says 30-year-old Ana Victoria Perez fled on foot after she and her husband allegedly threw a stone through the front window of a furniture store.
A 45-year-old paraplegic rammed his wheelchair into an officer, threw urine from his catheter bag a patrol car and spat at the officer, police said Sunday. Ralph Evegan was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Police say a Long Island woman was driving drunk when she ran over a man in a wheelchair and killed him.
Boston Police investigating an armed robbery lifted a man out of a wheelchair and found he was sitting on three guns, including two with high capacity magazines and one with a laser sight. Police said they were led to an apartment building in the city's South Boston neighborhood by two men who said they were robbed of their cell phones Friday.
A robber rolled into a Dallas convenience store came armed with a bat and a knife. He left with a lot of condoms and an energy drink.
When Travis Watkins was asked a few years ago to devise a college engineering project that would help people with disabilities, the first person who came to mind was his father, who once cherished walks along the beach.
El Paso police arrested a man on a charge of attempted murder Saturday after he was caught fleeing the scene of a stabbing in his motorized wheelchair.
Jason Dorshorst thought somebody ripped off his $4,000 wheelchair in broad daylight while he washed his pickup truck. It turns out that a good Samaritan took it to keep it from being stolen.
The Boston Marathon's wheelchair division had two wire-to-wire winners Monday, with both the men's and women's champions finishing without a competitor in sight.
Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford Shopping Center late this afternoon with a black handgun.
Another paralyzed inmate claims deputies tipped him out of his wheelchair onto a Tampa jailhouse floor, just weeks after video of a similar dumping at the same facility prompted a firestorm of criticism.
A deputy who was videotaped dumping a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair onto a Tampa jailhouse floor has been released from jail after posting bail.
Dad invents Halloween costumes for daughter's wheelchairHalloween can't come soon enough for 8-year-old Peyton McCubbin. That's the day she gets to be just like everyone else.
'Wheelchair Recycler' Gives Back FreedomThe man best known as the "Wheelchair Recycler" has spent the past 11 years building and fixing power chairs for the people with the greatest need, but who often could not otherwise afford one. Permanently paralyzed in a car accident in 1995, David Heim, 47, of Marlborough, Mass …
Boy's Stolen Wheelchair Mysteriously Returned A highly specialized wheelchair that had been stolen from an 8-year-old Roslindale boy was anonymously returned Monday.
The Body's Music Is Not A Shattered Life: A Letter to Stephanie Smith from Wheelchair DancerYes, I saw that NYT piece about the "shattered life" of dance teacher, Stephanie Smith. One minute, she's a beautiful active 23 year old. One hamburger later, she's disabled, a paralyzed wheelchair user, her life over. Don't get me wrong. That is an awful thing to happen.
Wheelchair-Bound Hero Tackles Sex Offender in Wal-Mart34-year-old degenerate Kevin Salyers sexually assaulted a young girl at the local Wal-Mart, then tried to flee.
Video: Drunk Man Drives Wheelchair On Freeway, Police SayDude was hammered, just rolling along the Marquette Interchange in his/a wheelchair. Those interchange curves are not friendly, and not the best place for a wheelchair. But evidently he doesn't really need the chair because he does get out of it. So whose chair is it?
Rejection Hurts: Love-Struck Wheelchair Warrior Falls Head Over Heels, TwiceLove can make people do bizarre things. A pensioner in western Germany, who went cross-country in his wheelchair to propose, found out first hand that the course of true love never runs smooth.
Woman in wheelchair fights boy over ballA woman in a wheelchair was arrested for allegedly assaulting a boy over his soccer ball.
Nursing Assistant Slapped, Jumped On Patients Elderly, DisabledMurphy, a certified nursing assistant, is accused of grabbing an 89-year-old woman by the jaw during a bowel movement and forcing her onto a toilet, the Boston Herald reported.
Three-legged dogs to showcase disabled pet companionship : County News : Boulder Daily CameraWhat a great article on three legged dogs...
I was watching a TV program in which the hostess met the guest who was in a wheelchair. At first she greeted him and shook his hand. As the conversation progressed she squatted down and continued talking to him. He was 16 years old and I wondered how he felt about her posture.
Bunny pic unmasks Swedish benefits cheat A Swedish man who claimed to be wheelchair bound has been asked to repay millions of kronor in social insurance benefits after authorities obtained a picture of a him dancing with a life-sized rabbit.
Hate Crimes Against Individuals with DisabilitiesIn 2007, 79 hate crimes were reported against individuals with disabilities, one percent of the total reported. This represents a significant increase from the 44 hate crimes (0.44 percent of the total) reported in 2003.
Veterans wheelchair games kick off in Spokane7/14/2009 - SPOKANE, Wash. (AFNS) -- More than 500 disabled veterans rolled into the convention center here to take part in the 2009 National Veterans Wheelchair Games July 13 through 19.
Nation's First Internet Radio Show about "Special Needs" Pets DebutsI am thrilled to see folks making people aware of our handicapped pets.
Popeye The DogCame across this blog for Popeye the Dog who is a handicapped pet needing a home. Please help in this cause, post to your other sites, etc.
Frankie The Walk 'N Roll DogI would love to offer up this blog featuring Frankie the Walk 'N Roll Dog - such an inspiring story!
Sacha Baron Cohen sued for crippling woman with offensive humorSacha Baron Cohen, whom we all saw doing a nasty Bruno buttdance on Eminem's face at the MTV Movie Awards, is being sued by a woman who says he literally crippled her with his vulgar antics.
Dogs roll over for pet wheelchairsThe Boston Herald.com blog - Handicapped Pets
Two teens arrested for assault on wheelchair-bound manWhats going to be sick - is I bet they are only going to get a slap on the hand...and we are going to have to listen to how mama didn't make them cookies and daddy wasn't in the picture and that is why they beat and stole from an elderly wheelchair bound man.
The Wheelchair Controlled by the Mind By using a display screen and focusing their mind "on the part of the display where they want to go," a person in this wheelchair prototype can direct it.
KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia - New Anthology Focuses on Disabled Pets and the OwnersLove these stories about disabled animals and those that go above and beyond to care for them!
The Chariot: Help to the Disabled or Giant Carnivorous Electric Razor"Exmovere Holdings has unveiled a self-balancing, hands-free concept vehicle called the Chariot, which is controlled by subtle movements of the lower torso and hips."
'Thug' takes $hot At Gun Granny This pistol-packing granny, who shot a man she accused of mugging her in her wheelchair, wishes she had finished the job -- because now, he's suing her for millions.
Made in Poughkeepsie, Sold in PoughkeepsieTaxicabs are not only driven in Poughkeepsie. They're made in Poughkeepsie, and now, they're sold and running in Poughkeepsie.
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