Word: wheelchairs
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...room. As I crutched in sideways, I realized that I had stumbled upon a room which was no more than a supply closet with a toilet. In fact, not only were the facilities for the "handicapped people" dirty and without a sink, there was absolutely no way that a wheelchair could have fit inside...
...first year at Harvard. Crutches may slow down the climbing, but they do not make it impossible. Still, my quest for short cuts, elevators and ramps has shown me that some businesses have added so-called accessible elements to their floor plans but have failed to consider what a wheelchair-bound patron actually needs to have full and comfortable access to an evening at a restaurant or a trip to the movies...
...Wheelchair-bound students may have little problem going for a meal in the Union, but have no hope of dining at Winthrop. Sanders has a ramp...which spent most of this year partitioned off during the construction. The Science Center has elevator service to the basement computer labs, but it is difficult to call an elevator to go back up after-hours...
...ranch near San Francisco, a few miles from Silicon Valley. Their 16-year-old son Ben has cerebral palsy, and Young, who is fascinated by technology, has started a company that makes devices for the disabled, as well as high-tech toys. The firm is working on an improved wheelchair that Young helped design. Ben tests every device his dad's company makes. Says Young proudly: "He's a cool...
...hold one of my wrists to keep me within flyswatter distance while she flailed in my direction. At best, she made contact about ten percent of the time ... Locked together this way, the two of us would spin from room to room with Grandma at our perimeter in her wheelchair, scolding and bitching and calling down the wrath of God on that spoiled ungrateful child...