Famous People That Use or Used Wheelchairs in the Past
Published: 2017-11-10 - Updated: 2021-05-20
Author: Disabled World | Contact: Disabled World (www.disabled-world.com)
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Library: Famous Disabled People Publications
Synopsis: A list of well known and famous people who use or used wheelchairs since birth and later in life due to disabilities. Today, there are many types of wheelchairs, and they are often highly customized for the individual user's needs. A mobility scooter is a motorized assist device, but with a steering 'tiller' or bar instead of the joystick found on wheelchairs.
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A wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits, propelled either manually or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability. The earliest record of the wheelchair in England dates from the 1670s.
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