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The international symbol of access depicts a person in a wheelchair A wheelchair is wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. The device is propelled either manually (by pushing the wheels with the hands) or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability. People with both sitting and walking disability often need to use a wheelbench. Types of wheelchair Wheelchair fitted with ...
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Assistive Devices Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society http://www.nmss.org/
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/
- Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov/
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
- Dept. of Agriculture
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Administration on Aging
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
- Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access
- Society for Neuroscience
- Amputee Coalition of America http://www.amputee-coalition.org/
- Lighthouse International http://www.lighthouse.org/
- Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/
- Family Center on Technology and Disability
- Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
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